Girls' name · since 1971
Madhuri
Madhuri has 58 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,297 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Madhuri sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 58 recorded since 1971.
Madhuri has 58 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1998.
- #33,297 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madhuri ranks #33,297 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,297 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Madhuri's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Madhuri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Madhuri's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Madhuri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1998
- Peak year (1994)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Madhuri by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (36 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Madhuri's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Madhuri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 36 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Madhuri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1971–1998 (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 Madhuri 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.