Girls' name · since 1915
Madelina
Madelina has 402 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,924 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 402
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
402 babies have been named Madelina since 1915, making it today's #7924 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Madelina recorded 402 times among girls since 1915, holding rank #7924 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #13,473 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,924 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 402 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madelina ranks #13,473 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,924 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 402 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,924 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 402
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Madelina's 402 recorded births place it above 81.36% 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 Madelina compares
402 Top 49% higher than 51% of 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
Madelina's all-time total is 7% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madelina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 402 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madelina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Madelina's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Madelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Madelina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (130 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Madelina's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Madelina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 130 births (32% of all-time use).
Madelina by state
Where Madelina concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 402 births nationwide.
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What to do with Madelina's data
- Madelina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (130 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Madelinas (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 Madelina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Madelina 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.