Madelein — girls' name

What the Data Says About Madelein

The Social Security Administration has registered 192 babies named Madelein between 1989 and 2022, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madelein currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Madelein performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Madelein shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Madelein in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Madelein in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 192 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.