How Many People Are Named Madeline?
people named Madeline are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,157 people in the US has this name
Based on 207,630 babies named Madeline in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,869 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of MAGDALENE. This is the name of the heroine in a series of children's books by Ludwig Bemelmans, first published 1939.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Madeline in English. Counting Madeline and these spellings together, about 348,883 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Madeline (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Madeline alive today is about 26 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Madeline first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1998, to 5,869 babies. In 2025, 3,086 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Madeline never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #50, in 1998, and it was in the top 100 in 31 years between 1994 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #81.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #81 |
| Best rank | #50 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | 31 (1994 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #57 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Madeline alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Madeline were born in California than in any other state: about 16,259 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Madeline was given 2.4 times as often in Vermont, 2.2 times in Maine and 2 times in Rhode Island.
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