Madelon
Madelon is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192053 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1897
- 1,787people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,787 girls have been named Madelon in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 53 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 53 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1920s alone account for 20%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Madelon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | |
| 1900s | 74 | |
| 1910s | 272 | |
| 1920s | 353 | |
| 1930s | 253 | |
| 1940s | 345 | |
| 1950s | 163 | |
| 1960s | 54 | |
| 1970s | 10 | |
| 1980s | 27 | |
| 1990s | 103 | |
| 2000s | 88 | |
| 2010s | 32 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Madelon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Madelon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Reathapeak 1927
- Revapeak 1921
- Theolapeak 1924
- Edrispeak 1915
- Jesusapeak 1924
- Alycepeak 1921
- Trulapeak 1923
- Madlynpeak 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.