Girls' name · since 1916
Madelle
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Madelle, peaking in 1924. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
24 girls have been named Madelle since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Madelle has 24 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1924.
- #43,693 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madelle ranks #43,693 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #43,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Madelle's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Madelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Madelle splits its recorded history at 1920: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Madelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1924
- Peak year (1924)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Madelle by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (14 births, 58% of the file).
1920s was Madelle's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Madelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 14 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Madelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1916–1924 (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 Madelle 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.