Madonna
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Madonna is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “my”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Madonna mean?
Italian
“my”
A female given name from Italian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Madonna a girl's or a boy's name?
Madonna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madonna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Madonna, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Madonna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Madonna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Madonna, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1954, with 211 girls. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the girls named Madonna in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Madonna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,879 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,668 |
| 1985 | 146 | #1,030 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,529 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,278 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,248 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,637 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,756 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,578 |
| 1973 | 68 | #1,433 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,337 |
| 1971 | 87 | #1,266 |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,293 |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,201 |
| 1968 | 121 | #939 |
| 1967 | 141 | #850 |
| 1966 | 101 | #1,031 |
| 1965 | 134 | #862 |
| 1964 | 147 | #858 |
| 1963 | 170 | #796 |
| 1962 | 200 | #729 |
| 1961 | 190 | #755 |
| 1960 | 193 | #728 |
| 1959 | 174 | #772 |
| 1958 | 182 | #731 |
| 1957 | 178 | #744 |
| 1956 | 194 | #686 |
| 1955 | 211 | #638 |
| 1954 | 211 | #625 |
| 1953 | 188 | #657 |
| 1952 | 172 | #677 |
| 1951 | 177 | #650 |
| 1950 | 180 | #635 |
| 1949 | 177 | #620 |
| 1948 | 174 | #624 |
| 1947 | 185 | #615 |
| 1946 | 163 | #621 |
| 1945 | 132 | #634 |
| 1944 | 153 | #596 |
| 1943 | 158 | #599 |
| 1942 | 134 | #645 |
| 1941 | 159 | #552 |
| 1940 | 137 | #592 |
| 1939 | 131 | #583 |
| 1938 | 150 | #559 |
| 1937 | 109 | #652 |
| 1936 | 134 | #564 |
| 1935 | 118 | #600 |
| 1934 | 139 | #544 |
| 1933 | 142 | #533 |
| 1932 | 136 | #561 |
| 1931 | 133 | #572 |
| 1930 | 137 | #583 |
| 1929 | 151 | #557 |
| 1928 | 128 | #622 |
| 1927 | 112 | #683 |
| 1926 | 117 | #669 |
| 1925 | 119 | #679 |
| 1924 | 110 | #708 |
| 1923 | 111 | #696 |
| 1922 | 101 | #723 |
| 1921 | 80 | #823 |
| 1920 | 91 | #762 |
| 1919 | 87 | #752 |
| 1918 | 78 | #809 |
| 1917 | 66 | #841 |
| 1916 | 85 | #732 |
| 1915 | 76 | #756 |
| 1914 | 45 | #870 |
| 1913 | 39 | #840 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,143 |
| 1911 | 27 | #825 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1909 | 20 | #909 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
Names like Madonna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Martha, Bonnie, Matilda, Connie, Maria, Billie, Nancy, Rosa, Diana, Dorothy, Clara, Myra
Names related to Madonna
More Italian names
Aria, Sienna, Enzo, Bella, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana
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, “Madonna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madonna, updated 20 October 2026.