Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Madeleine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Madeleine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

1,424

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1881Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

50.4%

2024

707

All-time

45,039

Madeleine has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1998, when 1,424 girls were named Madeleine.

In 2024, only 707 girls were given the name.

Down 50.4% from its peak.

All told, about 45,039 Americans have been named Madeleine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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