Girls' name · since 1880
Madge
13,430 babies named Madge in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,390 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13,430
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Madge is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13,430 have been recorded since 1880.
Madge has 13,430 recorded births among girls since 1880, 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 1880 to 2016.
- #1,390 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13,430 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madge ranks #1,390 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13,430 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,390 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13,430
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Madge's 13,430 recorded births place it above 98.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
Madge's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Madge splits its recorded history at 1930: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 464 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Madge popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2016
- Peak year (1920)
- 464
- Annual births at peak, across 137 years of records
Madge by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (3,448 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Madge's strongest decade.
3,448 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Madge births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 574
1880s
574 births
- 1890s 1,162
1890s
1,162 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,696 births
- 1910s
1910s
3,335 births
- 1920s
1920s
3,448 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,553 births
- 1940s 876
1940s
876 births
- 1950s 484
1950s
484 births
- 1960s 217
1960s
217 births
- 1970s 67
1970s
67 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 3,448 births (26% of all-time use).
How Madge compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Madge's total volume
Madge by state
Where Madge concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 663 | 4.9% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 554 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 483 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 456 | 3.4% |
| #5 | West Virginia | | 419 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 394 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Texas | | 392 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 366 | 2.7% |
663 of 13,430 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Madge appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Madge's data
- Madge's decade-level peak was the 1920s (3,448 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Madges (663 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Madge: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~136 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, 1880–2016 (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 Madge 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.