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How popular is “Madeleine” in the USA?

Number of people named “Madeleine” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Madeleine” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Madeleine” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Madeleine” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Madeleine” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Madeleine” by birth year

This chart shows how “Madeleine” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 100%
1887 21 0.000084886 21 100%
1888 25 0.00008348 25 100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 100%
1890 32 0.000106171 32 100%
1891 38 0.000132555 38 100%
1892 39 0.000116636 39 100%
1893 35 0.000107618 35 100%
1894 48 0.000141723 48 100%
1895 52 0.00014814 52 100%
1896 48 0.000134272 48 100%
1897 43 0.000123935 43 100%
1898 47 0.000123212 47 100%
1899 51 0.000150339 51 100%
1900 58 0.000128815 58 100%
1901 45 0.000130129 45 100%
1902 44 0.000113774 44 100%
1903 52 0.000136411 52 100%
1904 51 0.000126399 51 100%
1905 41 0.000096716 41 100%
1906 57 0.000133037 57 100%
1907 41 0.000088098 41 100%
1908 51 0.000104369 51 100%
1909 66 0.000129102 66 100%
1910 52 0.00008803 52 100%
1911 76 0.000117961 76 100%
1912 130 0.000131571 130 100%
1913 118 0.000103772 118 100%
1914 157 0.000110849 157 100%
1915 177 0.000096593 177 100%
1916 157 0.000081161 157 100%
1917 160 0.000079731 160 100%
1918 180 0.000082907 180 100%
1919 166 0.000078664 166 100%
1920 225 0.000099441 225 100%
1921 242 0.000103662 242 100%
1922 237 0.000103532 237 100%
1923 202 0.000087731 202 100%
1924 224 0.000094054 224 100%
1925 223 0.000095573 223 100%
1926 222 0.000096694 222 100%
1927 202 0.000087093 202 100%
1928 172 0.000076075 172 100%
1929 172 0.000078461 172 100%
1930 135 0.000060721 135 100%
1931 132 0.000062726 132 100%
1932 114 0.000053995 114 100%
1933 122 0.000061017 122 100%
1934 101 0.000048632 101 100%
1935 102 0.000048806 102 100%
1936 116 0.000055834 116 100%
1937 150 0.0000704 150 100%
1938 166 0.000075026 166 100%
1939 192 0.000087136 192 100%
1940 194 0.000084249 194 100%
1941 208 0.000085371 208 100%
1942 285 0.000104326 285 100%
1943 219 0.000077589 219 100%
1944 138 0.0000513 138 100%
1945 157 0.00005918 157 100%
1946 186 0.00005821 186 100%
1947 217 0.000060239 217 100%
1948 231 0.000066908 231 100%
1949 217 0.000062271 217 100%
1950 186 0.000053092 186 100%
1951 149 0.000040448 149 100%
1952 146 0.000038441 146 100%
1953 144 0.000037367 144 100%
1954 123 0.000030899 123 100%
1955 128 0.00003188 128 100%
1956 127 0.000030803 127 100%
1957 111 0.000026415 111 100%
1958 96 0.000023223 96 100%
1959 126 0.000030303 126 100%
1960 100 0.000024074 100 100%
1961 111 0.000026797 111 100%
1962 110 0.000027259 110 100%
1963 103 0.000026022 103 100%
1964 82 0.000021093 82 100%
1965 82 0.000022618 82 100%
1966 65 0.000018702 65 100%
1967 63 0.000018557 63 100%
1968 45 0.00001332 45 100%
1969 44 0.000012661 44 100%
1970 38 0.000010536 38 100%
1971 41 0.000011945 41 100%
1972 40 0.000012727 40 100%
1973 39 0.000012927 39 100%
1974 41 0.000013487 41 100%
1975 42 0.00001391 42 100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 100%
1977 40 0.000012592 40 100%
1978 41 0.000012918 41 100%
1979 46 0.000013826 46 100%
1980 54 0.000015677 54 100%
1981 47 0.000013586 47 100%
1982 45 0.000012828 45 100%
1983 69 0.000019923 69 100%
1984 74 0.000021211 74 100%
1985 95 0.000026617 95 100%
1986 165 0.000046386 165 100%
1987 217 0.000060184 217 100%
1988 241 0.000065223 241 100%
1989 288 0.000074913 278 10 93%
1990 402 0.000101708 402 100%
1991 473 0.000121429 473 100%
1992 527 0.000137194 527 100%
1993 662 0.000175584 662 100%
1994 923 0.000248275 923 100%
1995 987 0.000269513 987 100%
1996 1086 0.000297763 1086 100%
1997 1301 0.000358822 1301 100%
1998 1424 0.000387145 1424 100%
1999 1141 0.00030889 1141 100%
2000 1154 0.000305299 1154 100%
2001 1118 0.00029866 1118 100%
2002 1069 0.00028596 1069 100%
2003 963 0.000253266 963 100%
2004 959 0.000250986 959 100%
2005 968 0.000251766 968 100%
2006 980 0.000247713 980 100%
2007 1162 0.000290668 1162 100%
2008 1252 0.000318521 1252 100%
2009 1000 0.000261768 1000 100%
2010 993 0.000268688 993 100%
2011 980 0.000267921 980 100%
2012 1091 0.000298302 1091 100%
2013 1144 0.000313797 1144 100%
2014 1154 0.000311355 1149 5 99%
2015 1067 0.000288307 1067 100%
2016 956 0.000260583 956 100%
2017 848 0.000237124 848 100%
2018 832 0.000236639 832 100%
2019 864 0.000248924 864 100%
2020 784 0.00023469 784 100%
2021 819 0.000241739 819 100%
2022 820 0.000242379 820 100%
2023 689 0.000208082 689 100%
2024 707 0.000212408 707 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Madeleine:

  1. Madelaine
  2. Madelane
  3. Madelayne
  4. Madelein
  5. Madeleina
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  7. Madelen
  8. Madelena
  9. Madelene
  10. Madeley
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