Madeleine: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced MAD-lin · 2 syllables

From French Madeleine. Doublet of Magdalene.

How popular is Madeleine?

Madeleine was the #454 name in the US in 2025, given to 679 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 32% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Madeleine in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Madeleine are older than 28; most are between 18 and 77. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Madeleine have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Madeleine is pronounced MAD-lin.

Madeleine was the #454 name in the US in 2025, given to 679 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 32% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Madeleine are older than 28. Most are between 18 and 77.