Girls' name · since 1914
Madlen
Madlen has 23 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,222 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1914
- 1990s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Madlen since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Madlen has 23 recorded births among girls since 1914, 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 1914 to 2018.
- #44,222 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1914
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madlen ranks #44,222 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1914, peaking in the 1990s.
- #44,222 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1914
- 1990s
- peak decade
Madlen's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Madlen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Madlen's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Madlen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2018
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Madlen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (8 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Madlen's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Madlen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 8 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Madlen's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (8 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Madlen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1914–2018 (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 Madlen 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.