Madelon — girls' name

What the Data Says About Madelon

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,787 babies named Madelon between 1897 and 2017, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madelon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Madelon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 353 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Madelon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Madelon in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Madelon 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 1,787 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.