Madeleine

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Madeleine or Madeline has biblical origins.

From Wikipedia

Madeleine first appears in the data in 1990 and has been recorded in 27 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 335 babies (rank #79 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Madeleine

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Madeleine yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,670

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

335

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Madeleine

Madeleine Albrightautobiographer · b. 1937
Madeleine de Scudéryliterary scholar · b. 1607
Madeleine Stowefilm actor · b. 1958
Madeleine L'Englescience fiction writer · b. 1918
Madeleine Carrollfilm actor · b. 1906

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with M

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1990	101	#94
1991	147	#82
1992	223	#50
1993	227	#54
1994	277	#40
1995	314	#34
1996	299	#38
1997	307	#37
1998	240	#46
1999	209	#53
2000	167	#72
2001	151	#76
2002	152	#78
2003	146	#74
2006	96	#80
2007	109	#67
2008	111	#65
2009	96	#77
2010	75	#99
2011	97	#71
2012	107	#67
2013	104	#66
2014	112	#75
2015	335	#79
2016	232	#101
2017	106	#90
2018	130	#88