Madelaine

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Madelaine: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 31 years, it reached #316 in 2002, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#316highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Madelaine's record

Absent from every published list for 31 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#417
1997	#536
1998	#471
1999	#383
2000	#418
2001	#455
2002	#316
2003	#381
2004	#414
2005	#427
2006	#512
2007	#683
2008	#1447
2009	#1105
2010	#1294
2011	#1196
2012	#1991
2013	#2176
2014	#3160
2015	#3615
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2018	#4684
2019	#3541
2021	#5581

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #417 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2021
Highest recorded position: #316 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2021).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Madelaine by decade in England and Wales · 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 Madelaine in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	271	4 of 10	68
2000sbusiest	696	10 of 10	70
2010s	110	10 of 10	11
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 70 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2001 and 2002, when recorded births rose by 47, from 67 to 114.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Madelaine appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #316 in England and Wales in 2002.

Madelaine'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1196	27	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1105	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#683	50	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#512	72	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#427	87	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#414	88	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#381	96	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#316	114	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#455	67	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#418	75	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#383	84	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#471	62	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#536	49	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#417	76	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2021, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #316, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 114 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 31 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

Maddy · #372, 29y
Madeeha · #982, 29y
Madeleine · #35, 57y
Madelen · #58, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Antonella · #316, 26y
Alen · #317, 22y
Timmy · #317, 28y
Billie-Jo · #314, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Iseult · #316, 47y
Armin · #317, 43y
Ausra · #315, 27y
Jenifer · #315, 44y

Madelaine was ranked #316 in England and Wales · Girls in 2002. 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.

Madelaine 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 Madelaine without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Madelaine

Mona Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1628.
Pamela Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1628.
Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2201.
Finley Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2942.

Moved the opposite way to Madelaine

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelaine went from #417 to #5581 while Ada went from #2683 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelaine went from #417 to #5581 while Alma went from #2096 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelaine went from #417 to #5581 while Alyssa went from #783 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelaine went from #417 to #5581 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Madelaine

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelaine went from #417 to #5581 and Abigail from #21 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelaine went from #417 to #5581 and Aimee from #70 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelaine went from #417 to #5581 and Aisling from #440 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelaine went from #417 to #5581 and Alex from #161 to #1866.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #316 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Madelaine

Madelaine at a glance

What stands out in Madelaine's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Madelaine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Madelaine appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Madelaine

Madelaine and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Madelaine

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Madelaine at a glance

What stands out in Madelaine's record

Madelaine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Madelaine appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Madelaine

Madelaine and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Madelaine

Moved the opposite way to Madelaine

Moved the same way as Madelaine