Madeleine
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Madeleine
Sophisticated and sweet, delicate but substantial, Madeleine is the classic French variation of Magdalene.
Once a Top 10 option in France, its popularity waned in the 70s, though it is slowly on the rise again now. In the US, it is outranked by on trend Madelyn and English variant, Madeline, while in the UK, Madeleine is still preferred.
Perfect for parents who like the most "proper" spelling, it does lend itself to multiple pronunciations, from the classic French "Mad-lehn" to the English options of "Mad-uh-lin" and "Mad-uh-line".
Love the elegance of Madeleine but don't want your baby to be lost among all the other Maddys? Lucienne, Genevieve, Marcelline, and Marianne might appeal.
Madeleine is also given to boys.
Pronounced mad-uh-LYN; mad-uh-LEN.
As of October 2026, Madeleine ranked #455 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #217 in 1998, Nameberry popularity #340.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #284 | 1,149 | 643.2 |
| 2015 | #303 | 1,067 | 597.7 |
| 2016 | #350 | 956 | 539.5 |
| 2017 | #366 | 848 | 491.2 |
| 2018 | #378 | 832 | 489.1 |
| 2019 | #369 | 864 | 514.8 |
| 2020 | #398 | 784 | 485 |
| 2021 | #382 | 819 | 499.1 |
| 2022 | #382 | 820 | 500 |
| 2023 | #444 | 689 | 429.4 |
| 2024 | #437 | 707 | 436.4 |
| 2025 | #455 | 679 | 422.5 |
World rankings
Madeleine for girls
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Madeleine on lists
Famous Madeleines
- Madeleine M. StoweGirl
American actress
- Madeleine Albright (born Marie Jana Korbel)Girl
American politician
- Madeleine L'EngleGirl
American children's novelist
- Madeleine PeyrouxGirl
American jazz singer
- Madeleine Therese Amelie JosephineGirl
Princess of Sweden
- Madeleine PollandGirl
Irish novelist
- (Edith) Madeleine CarrollGirl
English actress
- Madeleine Mary Zeien BordalloGirl
U.S. Delegate from Guam
- Madeleine de ScuderyGirl
French novelist
- Madeleine May KuninGirl
American politician, 77th governor of Vermont
- Madeleine (Talmage Force) AstorGirl
Titanic survivor and widow of American millionaire John Jacob Astor IV
- Madeleine BéjartGirl
French actress and director
- Madeleine de Roybon d'AllonneGirl
early settler in New France, Canada
- Madeleine d'Arsant de PuisieuxGirl
French feminist author
- Madeleine VionnetGirl
French fashion designer who invented the bias cut
- Madeleine MantockGirl
English actress
- Madeleine Grace "Maddy" McGrawGirl
American child actress
- Madeleine Beth "Maddie" McCann (b. 2003)Girl
3 year old British girl missing since 2007
- Madeleine PizzarelliGirl
daughter of singers John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey
- Madeleine Daly (b. 1995)Girl
daughter of actress Madeleine Potter
- Madeleine Barbara Rhys (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of actor Paul Rhys and Katherine Fugate
- Madeleine ColbertGirl
daughter of comedian Stephen Colbert
Madeleine in pop culture
- Madeleine CahillGirl
character in "39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers"
- Madeleine ForestierGirl
character in "Bel Ami" by Guy de Maupassant
- Madeleine "Maddy" OsborneGirl
character in Australian soap "Home And Away"
- Madeleine SmithGirl
main character in 1950 movie "Madeleine"
- Madeleine ElsterGirl
character in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo"
- "Madeleine: One of Love's JansenistsGirl
" novel by Hope Mirrlees
- Madeleine GottoGirl
character on animated series "Mona the Vampire"
- Madeleine HannaGirl
main character in "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
- "Madeleine"Girl
song by the Backstreet Boys
- "MadeleineGirl
" operetta by Victor Herbert
- MadeleineGirl
a small French sponge cake
- MadeleineGirl
character in Richard Strauss' opera "Capriccio"
- Madeleine "Maddie" MastersonGirl
one of the children from the "School of Fear" trilogy by Gitty Daneshvari
- Madeleine TullyGirl
main character in "The Colours of Madeleine" trilogy by Jaclyn Moriarty
- MadeleineGirl
song by the band Blossoms
- Madeleine SpencerGirl
character on TV's Psych
- Madeleine SwannGirl
character in "Spectre" (2015) movie