NameTides

Madeleine

Madeleine was the #454 girls' name in the US in 2025 (679 babies), and #259 in England & Wales and #143 in Canada.

Madeleine as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Madeleine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUSIreland
Madeleine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#454 (679)#259 (179)#387 (8)—#544 (6)#143 (190)——
2024#440 (707)#274 (173)#295 (12)—#556 (6)#164 (169)——
2023#444 (689)#271 (165)#365 (9)—#445 (8)#160 (162)——
2022#383 (820)#239 (197)#273 (13)—#502 (7)#136 (195)——
2021#382 (819)#293 (161)#339 (10)—#661 (5)#150 (190)——
2020#397 (784)#320 (142)#399 (8)—#700 (4)#172 (161)——
2019#369 (864)#297 (163)#322 (11)#424 (3)#421 (9)#136 (204)——
2018#377 (832)#250 (197)#449 (7)#434 (3)#568 (6)#171 (172)#88 (80)#85 (65)
2017#367 (848)#221 (234)#264 (15)#432 (3)#651 (5)#174 (171)#79 (91)#92 (61)
2016#350 (956)#176 (311)#262 (16)—#359 (12)#156 (193)#66 (107)#70 (76)
2015#303 (1,067)#173 (315)#252 (16)#269 (6)#431 (10)#165 (188)#70 (97)#79 (63)
2014#283 (1,149)#186 (286)#294 (14)#314 (5)#661 (5)#137 (230)#74 (99)#70 (70)
2013#277 (1,144)#167 (314)#302 (13)#327 (5)#399 (11)#135 (227)#66 (104)#69 (76)
2012#291 (1,091)#148 (385)#310 (14)#451 (3)#560 (7)#148 (211)#67 (107)#64 (78)
2011#322 (980)#149 (365)#229 (19)#363 (4)#550 (7)#190 (171)#71 (97)#72 (71)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #217.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 790common

Next year

On its recent trend, Madeleine is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Madeleine by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #356WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #356ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #421NYMassachusetts: #235MAOregon: #396ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #466PANew Jersey: #390NJConnecticut: #240CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #342CAUtah: #361UTColorado: #337CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #376VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #546GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #338TXFlorida: #489FL
Madeleine (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6183
Ontario2024#33937

Madeleine (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MadeleineCanadaGirls#143190
MadeleineCanadaBoys—too few
MadeleineEngland & WalesGirls#259179
MadeleineIrelandGirls#5446
MadeleineNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MadeleineNSWGirls—too few
MadeleineScotlandGirls#3878
MadeleineUSGirls#454679
MadeleineUSBoys—too few
MadeleineVICGirls—too few