Girls' name · since 1916
Madlin
Madlin has 32 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Madlin sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 32 recorded since 1916.
Madlin has 32 recorded births among girls since 1916, 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 1916 to 2010.
- #40,249 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 1916
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madlin ranks #40,249 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1916, peaking in the 1990s.
- #40,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Madlin's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Madlin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Madlin's full recorded timeline at 1999, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Madlin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2010
- Peak year (1999)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Madlin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (11 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Madlin's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Madlin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Madlin's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- 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 Madlin: 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 (~94 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, 1916–2010 (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 Madlin 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.