Girls' name · since 1880
Madora
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 356 babies named Madora, peaking in 1922. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,514 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 356
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
356 girls have been named Madora since 1880, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Madora has 356 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1991.
- #14,514 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 356 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madora ranks #14,514 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 356 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,514 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 356
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Madora's 356 recorded births place it above 79.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Madora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Madora splits its recorded history at 1930: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Madora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1991
- Peak year (1922)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Madora by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (101 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Madora's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Madora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 10
1880s
10 births
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 13
1900s
13 births
- 1910s
1910s
82 births
- 1920s
1920s
101 births
- 1930s
1930s
55 births
- 1940s
1940s
47 births
- 1950s 27
1950s
27 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 101 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Madora's data
- Madora's decade-level peak was the 1920s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Madora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1880–1991 (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 Madora 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.