Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Madeline

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

5,869

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

50.5%

2024

2,907

All-time

204,275

Madeline 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 5,869 girls were named Madeline.

In 2024, only 2,907 girls were given the name.

Down 50.5% from its peak.

All told, about 204,275 Americans have been named Madeline and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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