Girl name#220 of girl names
Madeline
Pronounced M AE1 D AH0 L IH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1998
- 145 years in use
How popular is Madeline?
Madeline is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 207,889 children — the 220th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 27% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1998, when 5,974 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AE1 D AH0 L IH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Madeline
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Madeline
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Madeline?
- Madeline ranks 220th among girls' names in US records, with 207,889 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 29,790.
- Is Madeline a unisex name?
- No. Madeline is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Madeline most popular?
- 1998, when 5,974 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.