Madeline

Meaning: Tower; elevated, great
Origin: French (from Aramaic via Greek and French)

Nicknames: Mattie

Girl's name · #81 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Madeline is climbing: on the charts since 1880, it is ranked #81 in 2025 — its best so far was #50, back in 1998. Roughly 207,000 have carried it all-time. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#144 in New Zealand (2025) · #207 in Ecuador (2025) · #292 in Scotland (2025) · #305 in England & Wales (2025) · #312 in N. Ireland (2025) · #351 in Mexico (2024) · #586 in Ireland (2025) · #619 in France (2025) · #831 in Belgium (2025) · #1,116 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,646 in Austria (2025) · #127 in Canada (2024).

Famous Madelines

Madeline Kahn — American actress, singer (1942–1999)
Madeline Carroll — American actress (born 1996)
Madeline Zima — American actress, writer, and director (born 1985)
Madeline Miller — American writer (born 1978)
Madeline Brewer — American actress

In stories & tradition

Madeline Joyce — Marvel Mystery Comics
Madeline — Celeste (video game)
Madeline Bassett — Jeeves

What Madelines become

Among 265 notable people named Madeline:

Entertainers appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Madeline Kahn, American actress, singer (1942–1999).

Spellings & nicknames

About 240 girls a year are given Mattie as their full name.

Similar names: Madelyn · Iris · Marceline · Adeline · Melody · Caroline

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