Madeline Girl
How popular is Madeline?
#81 girl name in 2025
3,086 baby girls were named Madeline in the US in 2025, making it the 81st most popular girl name.
Madeline popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #81 for girls (▲ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,086 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #91 in 2015, #96 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (5,869 girls) |
| Highest rank | #50 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Madeline counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Madelyn family of names ranked #13 for girls in 2025, with 8,811 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Madelyn | 3,362 | 38% |
| Madeline | 3,086 | 35% |
| Madilyn | 662 | 8% |
| Madelynn | 573 | 7% |
| Madilynn | 315 | 4% |
| Madalyn | 273 | 3% |
| Madalynn | 161 | 2% |
| Maddilyn | 24 | 0% |
| Madelyne | 81 | 1% |
| Madelin | 74 | 1% |
| Maddilynn | 19 | 0% |
| Madaline | 20 | 0% |
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 Madeline is most popular
Babies named Madeline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 5.7 per 1,000 (106 girls)
- District of Columbia: 5.4 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Vermont: 5.0 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Maine: 4.8 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Rhode Island: 4.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
Madeline by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 454 | #248 |
| 1890s | 2,242 | #148 |
| 1900s | 4,080 | #137 |
| 1910s | 13,042 | #116 |
| 1920s | 15,558 | #138 |
| 1930s | 8,516 | #173 |
| 1940s | 9,602 | #177 |
| 1950s | 6,270 | #280 |
| 1960s | 4,775 | #396 |
| 1970s | 2,739 | #534 |
| 1980s | 5,497 | #237 |
| 1990s | 36,967 | #50 |
| 2000s | 48,280 | #56 |
| 2010s | 32,375 | #77 |
| 2020s | 16,988 | #81 |
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Questions
- Is Madeline a boy or girl name?
- Madeline is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Madeline were girls.
- How popular is the name Madeline?
- 3,086 baby girls were named Madeline in the US in 2025, making it the 81st most popular girl name.
- When was Madeline most popular?
- Madeline peaked in 1998, when 5,869 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #50 in 1998.
- How many people are named Madeline?
- 207,630 babies have been named Madeline in the US since 1880. We estimate about 159,628 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Madeline most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Madeline was most common in New Hampshire, at 5.7 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.