Madonna — #10284 US girls' name
9,554 babies named Madonna in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Madonna was born in this single decade.
211 babies were named Madonna in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Madonna
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,554 babies named Madonna between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madonna currently holds the #10284 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 211 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Madonna performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,867 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Madonna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 1,042 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Madonna in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Madonna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,554 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Madonna at a glance
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Current rank
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Madonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1897
- Peak year (1954)
- 211
- Annual births at peak — across 128 years of records
Currently ranks #10284 among girls.
9,554 total births across 128 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 211 births in a single year.
Madonna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 1,867 births that decade — 20% of Madonna's all-time total
Madonna decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,867 births
- Runner-up 1,572 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Madonna's strongest decade
1,867 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Madonna by state
Where Madonna concentrates geographically — total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 1,042 | 10.9% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 907 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Iowa | | 774 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 717 | 7.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 379 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 326 | 3.4% |
| #7 | New York | | 325 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 302 | 3.2% |
1,042 of 9,554 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 10.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 9.5% of nationwide
- Iowa 8.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 7.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 10.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Madonna appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1897–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.