Madeline — #87 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Madeline

The Social Security Administration has registered 204,275 babies named Madeline between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madeline currently holds the #87 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 5,869 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Madeline performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 48,280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Madeline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22,657 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Madeline in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Madeline 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 204,275 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.