Girls' name · since 1970
Madhavi
Madhavi has 105 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,601 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Madhavi currently ranks #13509 among girls' names in America, with 105 babies recorded since 1970.
Social Security Administration records show Madhavi recorded 105 times among girls since 1970, holding rank #13509 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #26,601 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,509 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 105 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madhavi ranks #26,601 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,509 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 105 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,601 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Madhavi's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Madhavi compares
105 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Madhavi's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madhavi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 105 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madhavi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Madhavi's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Madhavi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Madhavi by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (33 births, 31% of the file).
1970s was Madhavi's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Madhavi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 33 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Madhavi's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Madhavi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Madhavi 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.