Unisex name · since 1920
Madrid
Since 1920, U.S. Social Security records show 37 babies named Madrid, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
37 girls have been named Madrid since 1920, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Madrid has 37 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2018.
- #38,551 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madrid ranks #38,551 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #38,551 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Madrid's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Madrid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Madrid's full recorded timeline at 2013, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Madrid popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2018
- Peak year (2004)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 99 years of records
Madrid popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1975 (Madrid as boys' name)
Madrid by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (21 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Madrid's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Madrid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Madrid: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~98 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, 1920–2018 (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 Madrid 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.