Madeleine
Madeleine was given to 679 girls in 2025, #455 among girls’ names; 45,737 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 38,500 Americans named Madeleine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 12 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Madeleine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Madeleine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Madeleine is “a female given name from French, variant of Madeline.”
From French Madeleine. Doublet of Magdalene.
/ˈmæd(ə)lɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Madeleine?
#455 among girls’ names, 2025
Madeleine fell from #303 in 2015 to #455 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.60 to 0.42 per 1,000.
1,424 babies in 1998, the peak
Madeleine peaked in 1998, when 1,424 girls were given it, #217 among girls’ names. The 679 births of 2025 are 48% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 679 | #455 | 0.42 |
| 2024 | 707 | #441 | 0.44 |
| 2023 | 689 | #444 | 0.43 |
| 2022 | 820 | #383 | 0.50 |
| 2021 | 819 | #382 | 0.50 |
| 2020 | 784 | #398 | 0.48 |
| 2019 | 864 | #369 | 0.51 |
| 2018 | 832 | #378 | 0.49 |
| 2017 | 848 | #367 | 0.49 |
| 2016 | 956 | #350 | 0.54 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,067 | #303 | 0.60 |
| 2014 | 1,149 | #284 | 0.64 |
| 2013 | 1,144 | #277 | 0.65 |
| 2012 | 1,091 | #292 | 0.62 |
| 2011 | 980 | #322 | 0.56 |
| 2010 | 993 | #321 | 0.56 |
| 2009 | 1,000 | #329 | 0.54 |
| 2008 | 1,252 | #272 | 0.66 |
| 2007 | 1,163 | #292 | 0.60 |
| 2006 | 980 | #337 | 0.52 |
| 2005 | 969 | #330 | 0.52 |
| 2004 | 960 | #332 | 0.52 |
| 2003 | 963 | #324 | 0.53 |
| 2002 | 1,069 | #292 | 0.59 |
| 2001 | 1,118 | #281 | 0.62 |
| 2000 | 1,154 | #280 | 0.64 |
| 1999 | 1,141 | #274 | 0.64 |
| 1998 | 1,424 | #217 | 0.81 |
| 1997 | 1,301 | #231 | 0.75 |
| 1996 | 1,086 | #262 | 0.62 |
| 1995 | 988 | #281 | 0.56 |
| 1994 | 923 | #294 | 0.52 |
| 1993 | 662 | #385 | 0.37 |
| 1992 | 527 | #469 | 0.29 |
| 1991 | 473 | #502 | 0.25 |
| 1990 | 402 | #576 | 0.21 |
| 1989 | 278 | #715 | 0.15 |
| 1988 | 241 | #783 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 217 | #809 | 0.12 |
| 1986 | 165 | #956 | 0.10 |
| 1985 | 95 | #1,368 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,545 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,619 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,238 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,178 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,969 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,170 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,259 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,287 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,518 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,084 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,047 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,080 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 40 | #2,011 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,049 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,143 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,887 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,766 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,390 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 65 | #1,360 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 82 | #1,193 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 82 | #1,223 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,060 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 110 | #1,028 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 111 | #1,042 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 100 | #1,077 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 126 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 96 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 111 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 127 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 128 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 123 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 144 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 146 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 149 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 186 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 217 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 231 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 217 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 186 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 157 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 138 | #624 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 219 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 285 | #428 | 0.21 |
| 1941 | 208 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 194 | #497 | 0.17 |
| 1939 | 192 | #485 | 0.18 |
| 1938 | 166 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 150 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 116 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1935 | 102 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 101 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 122 | #582 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 114 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 132 | #575 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 135 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 172 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1928 | 172 | #533 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 202 | #491 | 0.17 |
| 1926 | 222 | #462 | 0.19 |
| 1925 | 223 | #461 | 0.18 |
| 1924 | 224 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1923 | 202 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1922 | 237 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 242 | #443 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 225 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1919 | 166 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1918 | 180 | #511 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 160 | #528 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 157 | #528 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 177 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 157 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 118 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1912 | 130 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1911 | 76 | #475 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 52 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 66 | #464 | 0.19 |
| 1908 | 51 | #509 | 0.15 |
| 1907 | 41 | #577 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 57 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1905 | 41 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 51 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 52 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 44 | #471 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 45 | #445 | 0.19 |
| 1900 | 58 | #438 | 0.19 |
| 1899 | 51 | #410 | 0.22 |
| 1898 | 47 | #446 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 43 | #452 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 48 | #419 | 0.20 |
| 1895 | 52 | #391 | 0.22 |
| 1894 | 48 | #405 | 0.22 |
| 1893 | 35 | #451 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 39 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1891 | 38 | #402 | 0.20 |
| 1890 | 32 | #464 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 14 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 25 | #507 | 0.14 |
| 1887 | 21 | #495 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 11 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 8 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 14 | #574 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 6 | #879 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 5 | #905 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Madeleine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Madeleine has been given almost only to girls: 15 boys in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Madeleine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Madeleine, and how old are they?
38,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 45,737 Americans ever recorded as Madeleine. The median Madeleine alive today is 21 years old; half are between 12 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 36,774 people named Madeleine (36,720 women and girls, 54 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 35,146 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 922 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,030 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 696 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,160 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 17,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Madeleine born?
The states with the most babies named Madeleine are Texas, California and New York, with 37% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 101 | #342 | 0.9× |
| California | 95 | #344 | 1.1× |
| New York | 41 | #424 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 37 | #495 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 29 | #361 | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #240 | 2.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #479 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 22 | #503 | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 21 | #393 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 20 | #398 | 1.0× |
Where Madeleine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Madeleine is most over-represented in New Hampshire: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Madeleine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 271,192 babies since 1880, Madeleine is the second most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 679 of their 3,921 babies (17%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Madeleine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Madeleine and names like it
- Compare Madeleine and MadelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sMadeleine peaked in 1998.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Madeleine since 1910.
- The top names of 1998The year the most babies were named Madeleine.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Madeleine alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.