Madaline
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAD-uh-lin
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Madaline is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Madaline mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Madeline, from Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
A spelling of Madeline, which comes from Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus from the town of Magdala.
Is Madaline a girl's or a boy's name?
Madaline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madaline in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Madaline in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Madaline in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Madaline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Madaline, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
2025 had fewer girls named Madaline than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Madaline in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,687 girls in the US were given Madaline or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #214, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Madaline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,139 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,988 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 88 | #2,227 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 76 | #2,342 |
| 2004 | 73 | #2,342 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 74 | #2,225 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,897 |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,085 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 73 | #2,023 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,879 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,217 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,928 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,410 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,239 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,582 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,494 |
| 1949 | 42 | #1,422 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,597 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,558 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,449 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,422 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,325 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,472 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,347 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,514 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1934 | 43 | #1,062 |
| 1933 | 44 | #1,050 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 49 | #995 |
| 1930 | 58 | #956 |
| 1929 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1927 | 54 | #1,042 |
| 1926 | 67 | #911 |
| 1925 | 76 | #853 |
| 1924 | 92 | #777 |
| 1923 | 99 | #729 |
| 1922 | 95 | #750 |
| 1921 | 102 | #728 |
| 1920 | 111 | #690 |
| 1919 | 91 | #735 |
| 1918 | 114 | #666 |
| 1917 | 112 | #641 |
| 1916 | 82 | #750 |
| 1915 | 89 | #704 |
| 1914 | 62 | #726 |
| 1913 | 50 | #741 |
| 1912 | 39 | #795 |
| 1911 | 37 | #714 |
| 1910 | 25 | #859 |
| 1909 | 35 | #669 |
| 1908 | 30 | #709 |
| 1907 | 32 | #666 |
| 1906 | 34 | #611 |
| 1905 | 17 | #900 |
| 1904 | 18 | #853 |
| 1903 | 23 | #695 |
| 1902 | 21 | #756 |
| 1901 | 17 | #795 |
| 1900 | 28 | #676 |
| 1899 | 13 | #906 |
| 1898 | 20 | #750 |
| 1897 | 17 | #761 |
| 1896 | 22 | #670 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 12 | #791 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
Nicknames for Madaline
- Maddie 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Madaline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabelle, Madeline, Madeleine, Grace, Josephine, Charlotte, Eloise, Millie, Naomi, Elsie, Sophie, Beatrice
Other spellings of Madaline
Madilyn, Madilynn, Madalyn, Madalynn, Madelyne, Madelin, Madelaine, Maddilyn, Madelynne, Maddilynn, Madelein
Names related to Madaline
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Madaline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madaline, updated 20 October 2026.