Madelene
Madelene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 913th, in 1914.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192157 births
- Best rank
- #913in 1914
- Since 1893
- 2,704people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,704 girls have been named Madelene in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 57 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 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Madelene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 52 | |
| 1900s | 92 | |
| 1910s | 365 | |
| 1920s | 412 | |
| 1930s | 245 | |
| 1940s | 231 | |
| 1950s | 259 | |
| 1960s | 222 | |
| 1970s | 158 | |
| 1980s | 67 | |
| 1990s | 245 | |
| 2000s | 210 | |
| 2010s | 106 | |
| 2020s | 40 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Madelene was the 996th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Madelene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosellepeak 1919
- Mareepeak 1918
- Jewelpeak 1920
- Madalenepeak 1919
- Enidpeak 1920
- Maryepeak 1920
- Oneidapeak 1919
- Margaritepeak 1925
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.