Madeline
For 2025 the count puts Madeline at #81 nationwide, keeping its place without fuss. First recorded 1880, best year 1998, 207,385 bearers across the whole run.
What Madeline carries
Madeline · Hebrew
“of Magdala”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Madeline’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Madeline, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Madeline since 1880
Madeline peaked in 1998 at #50; #81 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Madeline is most common
Madeline is most common in Wyoming: 0.86% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. New Hampshire (0.74%) and Rhode Island (0.49%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Madeline
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Malachi
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isabelle
#166 in 2025 · Hebrew
Molly
#196 in 2025 · Hebrew
Matthew
#32 in 2025 · Hebrew
Miguel
#212 in 2025 · Hebrew
Elizabeth
#17 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ian
#83 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Madeline
How popular is the name Madeline?
For 2025 the count puts Madeline at #81 nationwide, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Madeline mean?
The gloss on record reads “of Magdala”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Madeline?
The recipe puts Malachi first, then Molly, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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