Girls' name · since 1897
Madonna
9,560 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.
- #1,727 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,251 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,560
- born since 1897
- 1950s
- peak decade
9,560 babies have been named Madonna since 1897, making it today's #13251 girls' name.
Madonna has 9,560 recorded births among girls since 1897, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13251 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 2025.
- #1,727 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,251 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,560 born since 1897
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madonna ranks #1,727 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,251 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,560 born since 1897, peaking in the 1950s.
- #1,727 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,251 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,560
- born since 1897
- 1950s
- peak decade
Madonna's 9,560 recorded births place it above 97.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Indiana.
How Madonna compares
9,560 Top 10% higher than 90% of 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
Madonna's all-time total is 25x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madonna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,560 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 211 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Madonna's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 28% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 72%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 211, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Madonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2025
- Peak year (1954)
- 211
- Annual births at peak, across 129 years of records
Madonna by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (1,867 births, 20% of the file).
1950s was Madonna's strongest decade.
1,867 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Madonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 95
1900s
95 births
- 1910s 539
1910s
539 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,120 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,329 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,572 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,867 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,483 births
- 1970s 622
1970s
622 births
- 1980s 542
1980s
542 births
- 1990s 148
1990s
148 births
- 2000s 122
2000s
122 births
- 2010s 82
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 1,867 births (20% of all-time use).
How Madonna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Madonna's total volume
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 9,560 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Madonna appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Madonna's data
- Madonna's decade-level peak was the 1950s (1,867 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Indiana records the most Madonnas (1,042 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Indiana names
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 Madonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~128 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, 1897–2025 (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 Madonna 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.