Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Madeleine or Madeline has biblical origins.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Madeline yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Madeline peaked in 1998 at 5,869 births and rank 50, and has been drifting down ever since without ever falling sharply. It records 2,907 births at rank 87 today, off 16% across ten years — a gentle slope compared with Nicholas or Audrey. The all-time total of 204,520 makes it the third-largest here, built steadily across every decade since 1880. Its bearers are almost entirely performers and writers: Madeline Kahn, born 1942, the novelist Madeline Miller, born 1978, and several actors. Competition from Madelyn, Madeleine and Madilyn splits the sound across spellings, so the true frequency of the name as heard is higher than any single line on this chart shows — a problem that affects every name with a contested spelling.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 22 | #347 |
| 1881 | 14 | #461 |
| 1882 | 29 | #333 |
| 1883 | 31 | #321 |
| 1884 | 51 | #274 |
| 1885 | 41 | #319 |
| 1886 | 45 | #314 |
| 1887 | 53 | #294 |
| 1888 | 80 | #259 |
| 1889 | 88 | #250 |
| 1890 | 96 | #256 |
| 1891 | 125 | #213 |
| 1892 | 158 | #201 |
| 1893 | 190 | #184 |
| 1894 | 214 | #182 |
| 1895 | 237 | #174 |
| 1896 | 279 | #159 |
| 1897 | 290 | #157 |
| 1898 | 337 | #149 |
| 1899 | 316 | #148 |
| 1900 | 389 | #149 |
| 1901 | 341 | #147 |
| 1902 | 355 | #150 |
| 1903 | 400 | #137 |
| 1904 | 393 | #143 |
| 1905 | 412 | #145 |
| 1906 | 418 | #141 |
| 1907 | 449 | #147 |
| 1908 | 457 | #147 |
| 1909 | 466 | #153 |
| 1910 | 560 | #145 |
| 1911 | 628 | #133 |
| 1912 | 942 | #124 |
| 1913 | 1,084 | #117 |
| 1914 | 1,381 | #116 |
| 1915 | 1,670 | #121 |
| 1916 | 1,644 | #131 |
| 1917 | 1,728 | #127 |
| 1918 | 1,746 | #135 |
| 1919 | 1,659 | #139 |
| 1920 | 1,779 | #138 |
| 1921 | 1,835 | #139 |
| 1922 | 1,732 | #143 |
| 1923 | 1,756 | #143 |
| 1924 | 1,746 | #150 |
| 1925 | 1,506 | #158 |
| 1926 | 1,397 | #163 |
| 1927 | 1,373 | #163 |
| 1928 | 1,253 | #167 |
| 1929 | 1,181 | #173 |
| 1930 | 1,144 | #173 |
| 1931 | 925 | #199 |
| 1932 | 900 | #202 |
| 1933 | 822 | #209 |
| 1934 | 795 | #221 |
| 1935 | 714 | #235 |
| 1936 | 727 | #224 |
| 1937 | 754 | #220 |
| 1938 | 847 | #207 |
| 1939 | 888 | #199 |
| 1940 | 874 | #200 |
| 1941 | 940 | #201 |
| 1942 | 1,254 | #177 |
| 1943 | 1,107 | #194 |
| 1944 | 907 | #218 |
| 1945 | 782 | #237 |
| 1946 | 926 | #235 |
| 1947 | 972 | #243 |
| 1948 | 939 | #244 |
| 1949 | 901 | #253 |
| 1950 | 759 | #281 |
| 1951 | 747 | #288 |
| 1952 | 661 | #315 |
| 1953 | 636 | #329 |
| 1954 | 588 | #357 |
| 1955 | 602 | #353 |
| 1956 | 566 | #370 |
| 1957 | 514 | #408 |
| 1958 | 588 | #376 |
| 1959 | 609 | #385 |
| 1960 | 573 | #399 |
| 1961 | 570 | #409 |
| 1962 | 581 | #398 |
| 1963 | 512 | #429 |
| 1964 | 526 | #428 |
| 1965 | 464 | #438 |
| 1966 | 424 | #458 |
| 1967 | 405 | #471 |
| 1968 | 362 | #512 |
| 1969 | 358 | #519 |
| 1970 | 354 | #536 |
| 1971 | 313 | #567 |
| 1972 | 271 | #591 |
| 1973 | 312 | #538 |
| 1974 | 262 | #604 |
| 1975 | 270 | #597 |
| 1976 | 254 | #618 |
| 1977 | 242 | #660 |
| 1978 | 227 | #699 |
| 1979 | 234 | #717 |
| 1980 | 232 | #723 |
| 1981 | 256 | #678 |
| 1982 | 261 | #676 |
| 1983 | 266 | #651 |
| 1984 | 288 | #620 |
| 1985 | 382 | #524 |
| 1986 | 853 | #291 |
| 1987 | 875 | #280 |
| 1988 | 917 | #274 |
| 1989 | 1,167 | #237 |
| 1990 | 1,494 | #198 |
| 1991 | 1,980 | #151 |
| 1992 | 2,269 | #139 |
| 1993 | 2,609 | #127 |
| 1994 | 3,518 | #92 |
| 1995 | 4,430 | #79 |
| 1996 | 4,911 | #67 |
| 1997 | 5,313 | #59 |
| 1998 | 5,869 | #50 |
| 1999 | 4,572 | #70 |
| 2000 | 5,371 | #56 |
| 2001 | 5,222 | #56 |
| 2002 | 5,114 | #56 |
| 2003 | 4,976 | #61 |
| 2004 | 4,767 | #63 |
| 2005 | 4,528 | #70 |
| 2006 | 4,477 | #71 |
| 2007 | 4,705 | #61 |
| 2008 | 4,820 | #56 |
| 2009 | 4,300 | #64 |
| 2010 | 3,604 | #77 |
| 2011 | 3,428 | #85 |
| 2012 | 3,162 | #96 |
| 2013 | 3,371 | #90 |
| 2014 | 3,445 | #89 |
| 2015 | 3,339 | #91 |
| 2016 | 3,280 | #89 |
| 2017 | 2,965 | #99 |
| 2018 | 2,917 | #100 |
| 2019 | 2,861 | #98 |
| 2020 | 2,799 | #96 |
| 2021 | 2,747 | #95 |
| 2022 | 2,698 | #102 |
| 2023 | 2,732 | #94 |
| 2024 | 2,907 | #87 |
