Madelen

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Madelen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Madelen: Recorded since 1983, it reached #58 in 2011, and it stood at #193 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#58highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Rising

among girls in Norway · 1983–2025

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1983	#653
1985	#531
1986	#522
1987	#252
1988	#221
1989	#188
1990	#187
1991	#166
1992	#148
1993	#147
1994	#198
1995	#121
1996	#134
1997	#126
1998	#119
1999	#82
2000	#103
2001	#112
2002	#76
2003	#92
2004	#93
2005	#80
2006	#75
2007	#91
2008	#85
2009	#90
2010	#116
2011	#58
2012	#121
2013	#87
2014	#99
2015	#98
2016	#107
2017	#116
2018	#121
2019	#146
2020	#145
2021	#142
2022	#127
2023	#183
2024	#163
2025	#193

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

RisingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 42 of the 43 years from 1983 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1983–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #653 among girls in Norway in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1983–2025
Highest recorded position: #58 among girls in Norway, in 2011 (recorded 1983–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #193 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Madelen by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Madelen in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	102	6 of 10	17
1990s	518	10 of 10	52
2000sbusiest	760	10 of 10	76
2010s	623	10 of 10	62
2020s	186	6 of 10	31

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 76 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births fell by 55, from 110 to 55.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Madelen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #58 in Norway in 2011.

Madelen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	Norway	female	#193	24	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#163	29	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#183	27	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#127	40	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#142	32	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#145	34	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#146	36	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#121	48	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#116	51	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#107	59	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#98	66	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#99	63	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#87	74	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#121	55	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#58	110	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#116	61	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#90	79	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#85	85	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#91	73	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#75	88	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#80	81	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#93	71	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#92	69	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#76	85	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#112	60	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#103	69	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#82	84	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#119	62	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#126	58	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#134	53	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#121	63	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#198	29	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#147	46	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#148	49	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#166	41	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#187	33	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#188	36	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#221	27	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#252	21	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#522	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#531	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#653	4	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1983 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #58, first reached in 2011.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 110 births, registered in Norway in 2011.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Madelaine · #316, 26y
Madeleine · #35, 57y
Madelene · #264, 28y
Madeline · #32, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Siw · #61, 43y
Erle · #64, 44y
Sidsel · #52, 38y
Jorun · #49, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Ronja · #58, 42y
Alisha · #57, 39y
Tiffany · #57, 43y
Aoibhinn · #56, 43y

Madelen was ranked #58 in Norway · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Madelen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Madelen without appearing here.

Madelen moved ahead of

Teresa Compare
In 1987 they stood at #522 and #463 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #221 and #694.
Abigail Compare
In 1987 they stood at #653 and #617 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #221 and #649.
Jasmine Compare
In 1987 they stood at #653 and #643 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #221 and #624.
Katrina Compare
In 1987 they stood at #522 and #519 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #221 and #530.

Moved ahead of Madelen

Ava Compare
In 2022 they stood at #127 and #128 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #183 and #105.
Lily Compare
In 2022 they stood at #127 and #142 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #183 and #106.
Freya Compare
In 2022 they stood at #127 and #179 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #183 and #115.
Sienna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #127 and #155 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #183 and #127.

Moved the opposite way to Madelen

Anita Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Madelen went from #653 to #193 while Anita went from #29 to #459.
Anna Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Madelen went from #653 to #193 while Anna went from #14 to #23.
Anne Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Madelen went from #653 to #193 while Anne went from #2 to #159.
Aud Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Madelen went from #653 to #193 while Aud went from #260 to #427.

Moved the same way as Madelen

Abigail Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Madelen went from #653 to #193 and Abigail from #617 to #273.
Ada Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Madelen went from #653 to #193 and Ada from #562 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Madelen went from #653 to #193 and Alma from #620 to #8.
Amalie Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Madelen went from #653 to #193 and Amalie from #621 to #25.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #58 in Norway in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Madelen

Madelen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Madelen by decade in Norway · Girls

Madelen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Madelen

Madelen and the names beside it

Madelen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Madelen

Moved the opposite way to Madelen

Moved the same way as Madelen

Madelen at a glance

Madelen by decade in Norway · Girls

Madelen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Madelen

Madelen and the names beside it

Madelen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Madelen

Moved the opposite way to Madelen

Moved the same way as Madelen