Madelene
Madelene was last recorded in 2024, when 7 babies were given it; 2,704 Americans have been recorded with it between 1893 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,400 Americans named Madelene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 26 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Madelene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Madelene mean?
Wiktionary, Swedish section
Madelene is “a female given name, variant of Madeleine”
Meaning: Wiktionary, Swedish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Madelene?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,935, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
57 babies in 1921, the peak
Madelene peaked in 1921, when 57 girls were given it, #996 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,935 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,932 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,406 | 6.7 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,762 | 4.9 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,958 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,185 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,946 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,435 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,786 | 4.0 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,487 | 5.0 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 | #9,317 | 6.7 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,862 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,944 | 5.7 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,655 | 9.1 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,095 | 10.1 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,968 | 10.3 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,266 | 9.5 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,825 | 12.5 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,360 | 8.9 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,704 | 11.9 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,658 | 9.8 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,337 | 12.6 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,807 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,105 | 12.8 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,607 | 14.3 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,471 | 20.3 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,984 | 16.4 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,752 | 12.6 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,681 | 17.1 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,190 | 20.5 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,452 | 12.9 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,580 | 9.4 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,182 | 8.1 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,830 | 8.5 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,610 | 11.1 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,798 | 5.4 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,460 | 5.6 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,579 | 6.3 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,130 | 4.1 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,713 | 4.2 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,719 | 3.6 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,520 | 3.0 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,155 | 6.6 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,486 | 6.2 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,824 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,147 | 6.5 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,844 | 6.8 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,869 | 11.7 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,504 | 12.9 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,881 | 16.5 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,677 | 7.9 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,220 | 12.6 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,167 | 12.0 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,159 | 11.3 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,122 | 11.0 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,248 | 17.6 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,386 | 15.4 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,795 | 11.3 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,786 | 11.1 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,193 | 15.6 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,371 | 7.6 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,390 | 12.9 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,949 | 8.9 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,778 | 19.3 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,753 | 19.4 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,945 | 15.6 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,428 | 11.0 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,378 | 11.3 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,160 | 12.9 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,339 | 11.2 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,738 | 8.6 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,289 | 11.1 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,031 | 13.4 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,755 | 17.5 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,696 | 18.3 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,742 | 17.5 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,197 | 12.1 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,298 | 11.5 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,580 | 9.8 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,776 | 17.2 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,785 | 17.0 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,678 | 19.0 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,720 | 19.2 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,320 | 29.2 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,494 | 23.6 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,563 | 22.6 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,844 | 17.3 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,498 | 23.8 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,813 | 18.2 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,581 | 22.8 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,474 | 25.3 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,482 | 24.4 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,589 | 22.2 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,925 | 17.0 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,448 | 26.0 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,542 | 24.3 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,272 | 32.1 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,241 | 32.9 |
| 1924 | 52 | #1,093 | 41.6 |
| 1923 | 53 | #1,045 | 43.9 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,198 | 35.0 |
| 1921 | 57 | #996 | 46.2 |
| 1920 | 52 | #1,036 | 43.4 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,085 | 40.7 |
| 1918 | 55 | #973 | 47.5 |
| 1917 | 44 | #1,073 | 40.7 |
| 1916 | 49 | #988 | 46.9 |
| 1915 | 44 | #1,007 | 44.7 |
| 1914 | 42 | #913 | 55.1 |
| 1913 | 30 | #994 | 48.0 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,277 | 32.3 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,059 | 43.0 |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,019 | 47.9 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,259 | 34.6 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,400 | 29.9 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,255 | 34.5 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,204 | 37.3 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,634 | 24.0 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,031 | 47.2 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,519 | 26.7 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,284 | 34.1 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,144 | 40.0 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,069 | 42.9 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,155 | 38.6 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,699 | 21.3 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,510 | 25.2 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,523 | 25.7 |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,038 | 44.9 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,562 | 23.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Madelene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Madelene has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Madelene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Madelene, and how old are they?
1,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 2,704 Americans ever recorded as Madelene. The median Madelene alive today is 50 years old; half are between 26 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 1,580 people named Madelene (1,578 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,502 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 | 116 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 372 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 259 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 209 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 337 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 101 |
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 Madelene born?
The states with the most babies named Madelene are New York, California and Texas, with 72% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 177 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 49 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 30 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Oklahoma | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Iowa | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
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 Madelene 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, Madelene is the sixth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 3,921 babies recorded by SSA was a Madelene (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Madelene
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 Madelene and names like it
- Compare Madelene and MadelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMadelene peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Madelene since 1910.
- Swedish namesWiktionary’s origin for Madelene: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Madelene.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Madelene alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.