Madeline
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Madeline
Madeline, a lovely name with a soft and delicate image, is an old-fashioned favorite that returned to favor in the 1990s, combining a classic pedigree with a cute nickname option: Maddie.
Madeline has been found frequently in literature, from the poems of Keats and Tennyson to Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby to the charming and much-loved children's books of Ludwig Bemelmans starring the sprightly French schoolgirl.
The name has numerous spelling variants, including the French Madeleine and the new options, like Madelyn and Madalyn.
Never off the Social Security list, Madeline entered the Top 100 in 1994, peaking at Number 50 in 1998. It remains one of the most popular girls' names starting with M and is the favorite spelling option among Nameberry users.
While Madelyn is now the preferred choice in the US — perhaps to avoid confusion over that end sound — Madeline doesn't rank far behind and is still given to more than 2500 babies every year. When you combine all the spelling variants together, however, Madeline and co begin to feel a lot like a Top 10 option.
Not necessarily a bad thing — it is a versatile and sophisticated option after all — but if you were looking for something a little more unexpected, Gwendoline, Marigold, Amandine, Maude, or Marcelline might appeal to you.
Madeline is also given to boys.
Pronounced MAD-uh-lin; MAD-uh-leen.
As of October 2026, Madeline ranked #81 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #50 in 1998, Nameberry popularity #190.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #89 | 3,445 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #91 | 3,339 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #89 | 3,280 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #99 | 2,965 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #100 | 2,917 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #98 | 2,861 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #96 | 2,799 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #95 | 2,747 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #102 | 2,698 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #94 | 2,732 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #87 | 2,907 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #81 | 3,086 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Madeline for girls
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Madeline on lists
Famous Madelines
- Madeline Gail KahnGirl
American actress
- (Marissa) Madeline CarrollGirl
American actress
- Madeline JunoGirl
German singer,songwriter
- Madeline Elizabeth DugganGirl
English actress
- Madeline BrewerGirl
American actress
- Madeline ManningGirl
American Olympic runner
- Madeline "Maya" DiradoGirl
American swimmer
- Madeline Lee GilfordGirl
American actress
- Madeline HarperGirl
pen name of American novelists Madeline Porter and Shannon Harper
- Madeline FairbanksGirl
American silent film actress; twin sister Marion Fairbanks
- Madeline BellGirl
American R&B singer
- Madeline ZimaGirl
American actress
- Madeline MulqueenGirl
Irish model and actress
- Madeline MerloGirl
Canadian country music singer
- Madeline CoweGirl
Miss World Australia 2016
- Madeline Helen Arakawa GinsGirl
American artist
- Madeline Mitchell GwinGirl
Miss Alabama USA 2011
- Madeline HartogGirl
Bel, Peruvian model; 1967 Miss World
- Madeline Smith (b. 1990)Girl
daughter of actors Cotter Smith and Mel Harris
- Madeline O'Reilly (b. 1998)Girl
daughter of TV commentator Bill O'Reilly
- Madeline Beaver (b. 2001)Girl
daughter of actors Cecily Adams and Jim Beaver
- Madeline Leigh DeMarcus (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of singer Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts and Allison Alderson
- Madeline Emilia Castro (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of singer Jason Castro
- Madeline Robbie Schneider (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of actor Rob Schneider
- Sunny Madeline Sandler (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actor Adam Sandler
Madeline in pop culture
- MadelineGirl
character in the "Madeline" children's books, TV show, and movies
- Madeline RobinGirl
character in "Winnie,the,Pooh" series
- Madeline ReevesGirl
character on American soap "General Hospital"
- Madeline BassettGirl
character in P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" series
- Madeline Martha MackenzieGirl
character in book and TV series "Big Little Lies"
- "Madeline LeeGirl
" opera by John Haddock
- Madeline BeckGirl
character in the Dear America series
- Madeline HatterGirl
character in "Ever After High"
- Madeline "Ma" OceanaGirl
character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
- Madeline Fabray LaMotte MainGirl
character in book and TV miniseries “North and South”
- Madeline UsherGirl
character in the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- MadaGirl
- MadalainaGirl
- MadaleineGirl
- MadalieneGirl
- MadalynGirl
- MadalyneGirl
- MaddiGirl
- MaddieGirl
- MaddyGirl
- MadelGirl
- MadelayneGirl
- MadeleineGirl
- MadelenaGirl
- MadeleneGirl
- MadelonGirl
- MadelynGirl
- MadilynGirl
- MadlenGirl
- MadlineGirl
- MadlynGirl
- MadolineGirl
- MadolynGirl
- MadyGirl
- MagdalenGirl
- MagdaleneGirl
- MagdalineGirl
- MagdaliniGirl
- MaidelGirl
- MaighdlinGirl
- MalinaGirl
- MarleanGirl
- MarlenGirl
- MarlyneGirl