girls:
3.3k births since 1901
#2994 (48th percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1901
#4724 (39th percentile)
The name Madelaine is the #4,724 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,346 recorded births since 1901. This represents the 38.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,994 (47.6% percentile) for all time with 3,346 births since 1901.
Madelaine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1901 (first recorded for girls in 1901). Birth data for Madelaine is available in 112 out of the 123 years between 1901 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Madelaine reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 13.1% percentile (ranked #760) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 61 births per million (ranked 13.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Madelaine ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 22.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Madelaine".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Madelaine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.8% confident that Madelaine is pronounced as MA-duh-LAYN, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MA-duh-layn, at 21.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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