Madeleine Girl
How popular is Madeleine?
#454 girl name in 2025
679 baby girls were named Madeleine in the US in 2025, making it the 454th most popular girl name.
Madeleine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #454 for girls (▼ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 679 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #303 in 2015, #397 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (1,424 girls) |
| Highest rank | #217 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Madeleine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Madeleine family of names ranked #426 for girls in 2025 (#422 the year before), with 707 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Madeleine | 679 | 96% |
| Madeleyn | 17 | 2% |
| Madelein | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Madeleine is most popular
Babies named Madeleine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.0 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- New Hampshire: 1.5 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.4 per 1,000 (81 girls)
- Massachusetts: 1.2 per 1,000 (140 girls)
- New Mexico: 0.9 per 1,000 (22 girls)
Madeleine by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #489 |
| 1890s | 433 | #391 |
| 1900s | 506 | #437 |
| 1910s | 1,373 | #406 |
| 1920s | 2,121 | #436 |
| 1930s | 1,330 | #484 |
| 1940s | 2,052 | #427 |
| 1950s | 1,336 | #615 |
| 1960s | 805 | #1,024 |
| 1970s | 400 | #1,989 |
| 1980s | 1,285 | #712 |
| 1990s | 8,927 | #217 |
| 2000s | 10,628 | #272 |
| 2010s | 9,924 | #277 |
| 2020s | 4,498 | #382 |
Girl names about as popular as Madeleine
Questions
- Is Madeleine a boy or girl name?
- Madeleine is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Madeleine were girls.
- How popular is the name Madeleine?
- 679 baby girls were named Madeleine in the US in 2025, making it the 454th most popular girl name.
- When was Madeleine most popular?
- Madeleine peaked in 1998, when 1,424 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #217 in 1998.
- How many people are named Madeleine?
- 45,737 babies have been named Madeleine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 38,823 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Madeleine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Madeleine was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.