Madell — girls' name
147 babies named Madell in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Madell was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Madell in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Madell
The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Madell between 1904 and 1943, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Madell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Madell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Madell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Madell 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 147 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.
Madell at a glance
Last recorded 1943Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Madell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1904
- Peak year (1924)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1943.
147 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 12 births in a single year.
Madell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 73 births that decade — 50% of Madell's all-time total
Madell decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Madell's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Madell by state
Where Madell concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 7 | 4.8% |
7 of 147 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 4.8% 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, 1904–1943 (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.