girl's name

Madaline

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 5,152

Madaline is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1918, when 114 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 165,782 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1885.

Madaline over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Madaline by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 126
1900s 255
1910s 701
1920s 794
1930s 364
1940s 330
1950s 255
1960s 144
1970s 101
1980s 97
1990s 430
2000s 765
2010s 478
2020s (to 2025) 145

How popular is Madaline?

In 2025, Madaline was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Madaline is used

Canada #2,334 8 in 2010
United States #5,921 20 in 2025
England & Wales #6,516 3 in 2024

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 Madaline

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

Parents who like Madaline also like

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

Sibling names for Madaline

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

Common questions about Madaline

How popular is the name Madaline?

In 2025, Madaline was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Madaline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Madaline most popular?

Madaline peaked in 1918, when 114 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Madaline a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Madaline currently ranks #5,921 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.