Madonna

girls:

9.5k births since 1897

#1652 (71st percentile)

overall:

9.5k births since 1897

#2754 (64th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Madonna".

1897 2023 18972023

Key Statistics

Total Births
9,545
Peak Births
211
Peak Year
1955
First Recorded
1897
Peak Percentile
27.9%
Current Percentile
0.2%
Peak Rank
#325
Current Rank
#945
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Madonna

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Madonna. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 70.5% confident that Madonna is pronounced as muh-DAH-nuh. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-DAW-nuh, at 22.7% confidence.

muh-DAH-nuh (3 syllables)
Verified
70.5% confidence
M AH0 D AA1 N AH0
muh-DAW-nuh (3 syllables)
22.7% confidence
M AH0 D AO1 N AH0
muh-DOH-nuh (3 syllables)
6.8% confidence
M AH0 D OW1 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Madonna. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Madonna, please vote using the thumbs up button.

muh-DEE-nuh (3 syllables)
6 names 3.5k births
M AH0 D IY1 N AH0
moh-DEH-nuh (3 syllables)
1 name 683 births
M OW0 D EH1 N AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AH0 D AA1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.