Madge

Girl · recorded 1880–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1898best year

Most popular in 1898.

Last recorded in 2016. 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 Madge.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

034468818801914194819822016

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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 101 recorded years as a table
Madge, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880451
1881446
1882380
1883436
1884457
1885413
1886457
1887445
1888431
1889449
1890525
1891421
1892490
1893493
1894516
1895539
1896458
1897534
1898688
1899524
1900614
1901597
1902583
1903557
1904617
1905631
1906572
1907521
1908598
1909518
1910547
1911502
1912419
1913423
1914378
1915384
1916400
1917402
1918400
1919379
1920387
1921347
1922331
1923309
1924303
1925258
1926274
1927229
1928253
1929182
1930186
1931181
1932179
1933173
1934168
1935126
1936120
1937124
1938104
193998
1940111
194179
194271
194365
194478
194550
194646
194742
194851
194936
195031
195132
195234
195322
195428
195523
195630
195722
195819
195914
196018
196116
196214
196313
196412
19657
19669
19679
19688
196910
19704
19716
19727
19747
19758
19773
19784
19795
19815
19823
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Madge 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
5
Rank in 2016
#16,215
How rare
1 in 354,404 girls
Since 1880
13,430

Madge was last recorded in 2016. 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 1898, at 688 per million girls born.

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

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