Madonna
Madonna was given to 6 girls in 2025, #14,269 among girls’ names; 9,560 Americans have been recorded with it since 1897 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,450 Americans named Madonna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 55 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Madonna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Madonna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Madonna is “a female given name from Italian.” Its etymology gives the senses “my” (ma) and “lady” (donna).
From Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (“my”) + donna (“lady”). The given name is derived from the English term, not used as a given name in Italy. Doublet of madam.
/məˈdɒnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Madonna?
#14,269 among girls’ names, 2025
Madonna fell from #8,747 in 2015 to #14,269 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.3 to 3.7 per million.
211 babies in 1954, the peak
Madonna peaked in 1954, when 211 girls were given it, #625 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,269 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,769 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,934 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,571 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,597 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,261 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,947 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,554 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,788 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,747 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #15,793 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,385 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,482 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #16,020 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,193 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,718 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,286 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,333 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,341 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,528 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,634 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,292 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,112 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,571 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,845 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,801 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,833 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,559 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,256 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,337 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,939 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,310 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,512 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,286 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,178 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,839 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,192 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,892 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,680 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 146 | #1,034 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,741 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,497 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,061 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,549 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,299 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,261 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,034 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,648 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,086 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,766 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,590 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 68 | #1,437 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,345 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 87 | #1,274 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,300 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,204 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 121 | #943 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 141 | #852 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 101 | #1,035 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 134 | #865 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 147 | #859 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 170 | #797 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 200 | #733 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 190 | #756 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 193 | #729 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 174 | #772 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 182 | #731 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 178 | #747 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 194 | #687 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 211 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 211 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 188 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 172 | #681 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 177 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 180 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 177 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 174 | #625 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 185 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 163 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 132 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 153 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 158 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 134 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 159 | #555 | 0.13 |
| 1940 | 137 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 131 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1938 | 150 | #560 | 0.14 |
| 1937 | 109 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 134 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 118 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 139 | #546 | 0.13 |
| 1933 | 142 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1932 | 136 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1931 | 133 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 137 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 151 | #557 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 128 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 112 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 117 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 119 | #680 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 110 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 111 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 101 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 80 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 91 | #765 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 87 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 78 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 66 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 85 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 76 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 45 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 39 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 27 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,193 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 20 | #925 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,245 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,187 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,386 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,534 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,589 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,482 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Madonna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Madonna has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Madonna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Madonna, and how old are they?
5,450 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 9,560 Americans ever recorded as Madonna. The median Madonna alive today is 66 years old; half are between 55 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 7,018 people named Madonna (7,014 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,205 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 744 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,690 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 586 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 186 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 90 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Madonna born?
The states with the most babies named Madonna are Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Indiana and Iowa are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 1,042 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Illinois | 907 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Iowa | 774 | not ranked | 4.7× |
| Ohio | 717 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 379 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 326 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 325 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Kentucky | 302 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 280 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 257 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Madonna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Madonna is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 4.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Madonna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 11,101 babies since 1880, Madonna is the most given (86% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 85 babies (7.1%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Madonna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Madonna and names like it
- Compare Madonna and MadinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMadonna peaked in 1954.
- Indiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Madonna since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Madonna: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Madonna.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Madonna alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.