Madelon

Girl · recorded 1897–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1920best year

Most popular in 1920.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Madelon.

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Its story

Popularity since 1897

0224418971927195719872017

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 96 recorded years as a table
Madelon, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189721
189934
190023
190121
190234
190425
190531
190617
190728
190830
190937
191040
191126
191238
191322
191439
191527
191633
191736
191831
191939
192044
192133
192232
192320
192426
192533
192630
192722
192826
192929
193026
193123
193240
193331
193422
193519
193621
193721
193813
193922
194023
194133
194234
194319
194417
194516
194623
194728
194822
194922
195018
195118
19529
195311
19544
19558
19568
19573
19584
19594
19602
19614
19636
19646
19664
19674
19693
19703
19713
19863
19876
19897
19903
19913
19926
19936
19944
19956
19967
19979
199810
19993
20009
20019
20028
20035
20044
20065
20086
20093
20113
20123
20153
20165
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Madelon isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
6
Rank in 2017
#14,124
How rare
1 in 287,743 girls
Since 1897
1,787

Madelon was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1920, at 44 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Madelon doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.