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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Madelon

Madelon was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 1025th with 53 babies. More babies were named Madelon in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192053 babies
Total since 1880
1,787babies recorded

Madelon popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#6,68116
1990#14,3025
1980——
1970#8,7735
1960#6,9315
1950#1,69931
1940#1,53726
1930#1,44929
1920#1,02553
1910#1,15016
1900#1,6717
1890——
1880——

How popular is Madelon, counting every spelling?

Madelon has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Madelon?

About 700 people born in the US named Madelon are alive today, with a median age of 71; half are between 30 and 79. That makes Madelon a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Madelon by state

How common Madelon was among girls born in each state in 1918–1922, around its peak. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMI0.06New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIA0.06Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWV0.05Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Madelon, girls, 1918–1922. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Madelon: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Madelon, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Madelon

How popular is the name Madelon?

Madelon was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 1025th with 53 babies. More babies were named Madelon in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Madelon a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,787 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Madelon most popular?

In 1918–1922, Madelon was most common in Michigan (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Iowa and West Virginia.