Girls' name · since 1973
Madelena
Madelena has 196 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,548 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Madelena currently ranks #13548 among girls' names in America, with 196 babies recorded since 1973.
Madelena has 196 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13548 as of the latest data, more common than 22% 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 1973 to 2025.
- #20,028 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,548 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 196 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madelena ranks #20,028 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,548 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 196 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,548 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Madelena's 196 recorded births place it above 72.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Madelena compares
196 36th 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
Madelena's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madelena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 196 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madelena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Madelena splits its recorded history at 2005: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Madelena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Madelena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (71 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Madelena's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Madelena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 71 births (36% of all-time use).
Madelena by state
Where Madelena concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 196 births nationwide.
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What to do with Madelena's data
- Madelena's decade-level peak was the 2000s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Madelenas (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Madelena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Madelena 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.