Madalene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAD-uh-leen
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Madalene is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Madalene mean?
Hebrew: variant of Madeline, from Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
From Mary Magdalene, follower of Jesus, named after her home town of Magdala in Galilee.
Is Madalene a girl's or a boy's name?
Madalene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madalene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Madalene, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.
2025 had more girls named Madalene than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Madalene in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Madalene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,022 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,931 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,643 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,245 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,366 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1920 | 49 | #1,062 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,333 |
| 1917 | 44 | #1,065 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 42 | #1,025 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,059 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,274 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
Nicknames for Madalene
- Maddie 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Madalene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josephine, Isabelle, Magdalene, Beatrice, Elsie, Miriam, Genevieve, Annie, Marie, Adeline, Madeleine, Estelle
Names related to Madalene
Madelyn, Madeline, Madalyn, Madalynn, Madelyne, Madelin, Madelaine, Madaline
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Madalene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madalene, updated 20 October 2026.