Madalene
Madalene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 191949 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1890
- 1,418people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,418 girls have been named Madalene in the United States since 1890, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 49 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Madalene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 47 | |
| 1900s | 88 | |
| 1910s | 285 | |
| 1920s | 292 | |
| 1930s | 122 | |
| 1940s | 120 | |
| 1950s | 81 | |
| 1960s | 31 | |
| 1970s | 33 | |
| 1980s | 27 | |
| 1990s | 95 | |
| 2000s | 122 | |
| 2010s | 63 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Madalene was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1919 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Madalene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marguerittepeak 1919
- Ruthpeak 1920
- Madalinepeak 1918
- Beatricepeak 1921
- Garnetpeak 1918
- Elnapeak 1917
- Jewellpeak 1920
- Bethelpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.