Madeley — girls' name
39 babies named Madeley 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.
31% of everyone ever named Madeley was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Madeley in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Madeley
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Madeley between 1989 and 2023, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madeley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Madeley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Madeley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Madeley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Madeley 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 39 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.
Madeley at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Madeley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
39 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 10 births in a single year.
Madeley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 12 births that decade — 31% of Madeley's all-time total
Madeley decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Madeley's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Madeley by state
Where Madeley concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 12.8% |
5 of 39 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 12.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.