How Many People Are Named Madge?
people named Madge are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 217,420 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,430 babies named Madge in Social Security records from 1880 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
464 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MARGARET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Madge in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Madge alive today is about 77 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 69 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Madge first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 464 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Madge has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #217, in 1898.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #217 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #359 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Madge alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Madge were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 69 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Madge was given 5 times as often in Utah, 3.2 times in West Virginia and 2.8 times in Kentucky.
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