Girl name#1,189 of girl names
Madge
Pronounced M AE1 JH (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1920
- 137 years in use
How popular is Madge?
Madge is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 13,430 children — the 1,189th most common girls' name on record.
It has left circulation; 2016 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1920, when 464 children were given it.
Nicknames
Madge is itself a short form of Margaret.
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AE1 JH
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Madge
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Madge
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Madge?
- Madge ranks 1,189th among girls' names in US records, with 13,430 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 5.
- Is Madge a unisex name?
- No. Madge is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Madge most popular?
- 1920, when 464 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2016.