girl's name

Madaleine

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 310

Madaleine is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1997, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1915.

Madaleine over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

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Births named Madaleine by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 7
1990s 79
2000s 85
2010s (to 2017) 30

How popular is Madaleine?

In 2017, Madaleine was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Madaleine is used

England & Wales #3,247 7 in 2010
United States #16,140 5 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Madaleine

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Madaleine also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Madaleine over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Madaleine

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Madaleine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Madaleine

How popular is the name Madaleine?

In 2017, Madaleine was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Madaleine a girl's or a boy's name?

Madaleine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Madaleine most popular?

Madaleine peaked in 1997, when 17 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.