Madeline is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1998 and has grown less common since.
Madeline is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #81 for girl births in the United States (and #202 across all names), given to 3,086 babies. Madeline was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1998 (5,869 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,086 | 3,086 | #81 | — |
| 2024 | 2,922 | 2,922 | #86 | — |
| 2023 | 2,733 | 2,733 | #95 | — |
| 2022 | 2,700 | 2,700 | #102 | — |
| 2021 | 2,747 | 2,747 | #95 | — |
| 2020 | 2,800 | 2,800 | #96 | — |
| 2019 | 2,861 | 2,861 | #98 | — |
| 2018 | 2,923 | 2,923 | #100 | #13,405 |
| 2017 | 2,966 | 2,966 | #99 | — |
| 2016 | 3,285 | 3,285 | #90 | #13,452 |
| 2015 | 3,339 | 3,339 | #91 | — |
| 2014 | 3,445 | 3,445 | #89 | — |
| 2013 | 3,371 | 3,371 | #90 | — |
| 2012 | 3,162 | 3,162 | #96 | — |
| 2011 | 3,435 | 3,435 | #85 | #11,737 |
| 2010 | 3,611 | 3,611 | #77 | #10,345 |
| 2009 | 4,300 | 4,300 | #64 | — |
| 2008 | 4,829 | 4,829 | #56 | #8,748 |
| 2007 | 4,710 | 4,710 | #61 | #13,633 |
| 2006 | 4,484 | 4,484 | #71 | #10,236 |
| 2005 | 4,537 | 4,542 | #70 | #8,064 |
| 2004 | 4,784 | 4,789 | #63 | #4,920 |
| 2003 | 4,990 | 4,990 | #61 | #5,444 |
| 2002 | 5,120 | 5,126 | #56 | #10,173 |
| 2001 | 5,227 | 5,236 | #56 | #11,659 |
| 2000 | 5,380 | 5,380 | #56 | #7,188 |
| 1999 | 4,577 | 4,591 | #70 | #10,958 |
| 1998 | 5,869 | 5,883 | #50 | — |
| 1997 | 5,313 | — | #59 | — |
| 1996 | 4,919 | — | #67 | #7,658 |
| 1995 | 4,441 | — | #79 | #5,378 |
| 1994 | 3,518 | — | #92 | — |
| 1993 | 2,616 | — | #127 | #8,281 |
| 1992 | 2,269 | — | #139 | — |
| 1991 | 1,980 | — | #151 | — |
| 1990 | 1,502 | — | #198 | #6,192 |
| 1989 | 1,183 | — | #237 | #3,544 |
| 1988 | 924 | — | #274 | #6,194 |
| 1987 | 875 | — | #280 | — |
| 1986 | 854 | — | #290 | — |
| 1985 | 382 | — | #524 | — |
| 1984 | 288 | — | #620 | — |
| 1983 | 266 | — | #651 | — |
| 1982 | 260 | — | #677 | — |
| 1981 | 256 | — | #678 | — |
| 1980 | 232 | — | #723 | — |
| 1979 | 234 | — | #717 | — |
| 1978 | 227 | — | #699 | — |
| 1977 | 242 | — | #660 | — |
| 1976 | 254 | — | #618 | — |
| 1975 | 270 | — | #597 | — |
| 1974 | 262 | — | #604 | — |
| 1973 | 312 | — | #537 | — |
| 1972 | 271 | — | #591 | — |
| 1971 | 313 | — | #567 | — |
| 1970 | 354 | — | #535 | — |
| 1969 | 358 | — | #519 | — |
| 1968 | 362 | — | #512 | — |
| 1967 | 405 | — | #471 | — |
| 1966 | 424 | — | #458 | — |
| 1965 | 464 | — | #438 | — |
| 1964 | 531 | — | #428 | #4,405 |
| 1963 | 511 | — | #429 | — |
| 1962 | 582 | — | #396 | — |
| 1961 | 570 | — | #408 | — |
| 1960 | 573 | — | #399 | — |
| 1959 | 614 | — | #385 | #4,353 |
| 1958 | 588 | — | #376 | — |
| 1957 | 514 | — | #408 | — |
| 1956 | 566 | — | #370 | — |
| 1955 | 608 | — | #353 | #3,739 |
| 1954 | 588 | — | #357 | — |
| 1953 | 636 | — | #329 | — |
| 1952 | 661 | — | #315 | — |
| 1951 | 747 | — | #288 | — |
| 1950 | 759 | — | #281 | — |
| 1949 | 901 | — | #253 | — |
| 1948 | 939 | — | #244 | — |
| 1947 | 972 | — | #243 | — |
| 1946 | 926 | — | #235 | — |
| 1945 | 782 | — | #237 | — |
| 1944 | 912 | — | #218 | #3,734 |
| 1943 | 1,107 | — | #194 | — |
| 1942 | 1,263 | — | #177 | #2,637 |
| 1941 | 945 | — | #201 | #3,819 |
| 1940 | 879 | — | #200 | #3,765 |
| 1939 | 888 | — | #199 | — |
| 1938 | 847 | — | #207 | — |
| 1937 | 754 | — | #220 | — |
| 1936 | 727 | — | #224 | — |
| 1935 | 714 | — | #235 | — |
| 1934 | 795 | — | #221 | — |
| 1933 | 827 | — | #209 | #3,965 |
| 1932 | 900 | — | #202 | — |
| 1931 | 925 | — | #199 | — |
| 1930 | 1,153 | — | #173 | #2,924 |
| 1929 | 1,188 | — | #173 | #3,436 |
| 1928 | 1,253 | — | #167 | — |
| 1927 | 1,381 | — | #163 | #3,337 |
| 1926 | 1,397 | — | #163 | — |
| 1925 | 1,513 | — | #158 | #3,610 |
| 1924 | 1,746 | — | #150 | — |
| 1923 | 1,756 | — | #143 | — |
| 1922 | 1,732 | — | #143 | — |
| 1921 | 1,840 | — | #139 | #4,729 |
| 1920 | 1,779 | — | #138 | — |
| 1919 | 1,659 | — | #139 | — |
| 1918 | 1,746 | — | #135 | — |
| 1917 | 1,728 | — | #127 | — |
| 1916 | 1,644 | — | #131 | — |
| 1915 | 1,670 | — | #121 | — |
| 1914 | 1,381 | — | #116 | — |
| 1913 | 1,084 | — | #117 | — |
| 1912 | 942 | — | #124 | — |
| 1911 | 628 | — | #133 | — |
| 1910 | 560 | — | #145 | — |
| 1909 | 466 | — | #153 | — |
| 1908 | 457 | — | #147 | — |
| 1907 | 449 | — | #147 | — |
| 1906 | 418 | — | #141 | — |
| 1905 | 412 | — | #145 | — |
| 1904 | 393 | — | #143 | — |
| 1903 | 400 | — | #137 | — |
| 1902 | 355 | — | #150 | — |
| 1901 | 341 | — | #147 | — |
| 1900 | 389 | — | #149 | — |
| 1899 | 316 | — | #148 | — |
| 1898 | 337 | — | #149 | — |
| 1897 | 290 | — | #157 | — |
| 1896 | 279 | — | #159 | — |
| 1895 | 237 | — | #174 | — |
| 1894 | 214 | — | #182 | — |
| 1893 | 190 | — | #184 | — |
| 1892 | 158 | — | #201 | — |
| 1891 | 125 | — | #213 | — |
| 1890 | 96 | — | #256 | — |
| 1889 | 88 | — | #250 | — |
| 1888 | 80 | — | #259 | — |
| 1887 | 53 | — | #294 | — |
| 1886 | 45 | — | #314 | — |
| 1885 | 41 | — | #319 | — |
| 1884 | 51 | — | #274 | — |
| 1883 | 31 | — | #321 | — |
| 1882 | 29 | — | #333 | — |
| 1881 | 14 | — | #461 | — |
| 1880 | 22 | — | #347 | — |