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How popular is the name Madeleine?
Births per year, rank history and how many Madeleines are alive today.
Madeleine (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 259th in 2025 with 179 given the name. The name peaked in 2005, when 888 babies were given the name, the 64th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 20% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 13,000 babies have been named Madeleine in England and Wales since 1996.
The Madeleine you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Madeleines born in England and Wales are between 17 and 30, and there are at least 16,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5% chance that at least one of them will be called Madeleine.
How many babies are named Madeleine each year?
Where does Madeleine rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Madeleine most popular?
Madeleine peaked in 2005, when 888 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Madeleine?
At least 16,000 people named Madeleine born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Madeleine?
Most living Madeleines are between 17 and 30; the most common age is about 21.
Is Madeleine becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.