Girls' name · since 1989
Madelein
203 babies named Madelein in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,074 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 203
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Madelein is the #9074 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 203 recorded since 1989.
Madelein has 203 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9074 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #19,664 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,074 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 203 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madelein ranks #19,664 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,074 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 203 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,074 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 203
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Madelein's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Madelein compares
203 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Madelein's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madelein | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 203 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madelein's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Madelein splits its recorded history at 2006: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Madelein popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Madelein by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Madelein's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Madelein births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (31% of all-time use).
Madelein by state
Where Madelein concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 3.0% |
12 of 203 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Madelein's data
- Madelein's decade-level peak was the 2000s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Madeleins (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Madelein: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Madelein draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.