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How popular is the name Madeline?
Births per year, rank history and how many Madelines are alive today.
Madeline (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 304th in 2025 with 144 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2004, when 447 babies were given the name, the 120th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 443 in 2019 before climbing back to the 304th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 6,400 babies have been named Madeline in England and Wales since 1996.
The Madeline you are most likely to meet is around 22 years old. Half of all Madelines born in England and Wales are between 16 and 27, and there are at least 7,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Madeline.
How many babies are named Madeline each year?
Where does Madeline 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 Madeline most popular?
Madeline peaked in 2004, when 447 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Madeline?
At least 7,700 people named Madeline born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Madeline?
Most living Madelines are between 16 and 27; the most common age is about 22.
Is Madeline becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.