Madelene

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Madelene: Recorded since 1985, it reached #264 in 1999, and it was last ranked in 2013.

2registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#264highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2010

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1998	#2701
1999	#3225
2001	#2023
2002	#2868
2003	#2436
2004	#2530
2005	#2247
2006	#3116
2007	#3667
2010	#5707

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 Norway in 28 of the 29 years from 1985 to 2013.

In 2010: #430 among girls in Norway, #5707 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1985–2013 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #570 among girls in Norway in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1985–2013
Highest recorded position: #264 among girls in Norway, in 1999 (recorded 1985–2013).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #582 among girls in Norway, in 2013.
Norway · Girls

Madelene appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1985, and has registered 250 births with the name.

Madelene across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Madelene's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#570 (1985)	#264 (1999)	#582 (2013)	28 of 29	250 (1985–2013)	16 (1999)
England and Wales · Girls	#2738 (1997)	#2023 (2001)	#5707 (2010)	11 of 14	64 (1997–2010)	9 (2005)

Madelene 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 Madelene in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	29	4 of 10	7
1990sbusiest	109	10 of 10	11
2000s	90	10 of 10	9
2010s	22	4 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Madelene 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 1985 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #264 in Norway in 1999.

Madelene'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
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#582	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#538	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#590	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#394	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#568	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#526	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#369	11	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#462	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#429	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#316	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#379	10	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#354	11	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#431	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#264	16	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#294	14	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#394	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#311	13	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#366	11	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#364	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#501	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#390	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#410	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#528	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#458	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#633	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#456	9	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#570	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1985 and 2013, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #264, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Norway in 1999.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 12 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.

Madeleine · #35, 57y
Madelen · #58, 42y
Madeline · #32, 60y
Madelyn · #328, 30y

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.

Osian · #264, 28y
Zayaan · #264, 23y
Aminah · #263, 30y
Feidhlim · #263, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Feilim · #264, 13y
Anisa · #266, 40y
Henrikke · #267, 34y
Lori · #269, 33y

Madelene was ranked #264 in Norway · Girls in 1999. 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.

Madelene 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 Madelene without appearing here.

Madelene moved ahead of

Cian Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3262.
Fionn Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3225 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3262.
Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #3409.
Wenche Compare
In 1995 they stood at #366 and #310 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #311 and #612.

Moved ahead of Madelene

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3667 and #2085.
Finley Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2247 and #2438 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #1862.
Finn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2247 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #4688.

Moved the opposite way to Madelene

Gerd Compare
Between 1985 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Madelene went from #570 to #316 while Gerd went from #353 to #545.
Susan Compare
Between 1985 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Madelene went from #570 to #316 while Susan went from #269 to #570.
Hennie Compare
Between 1997 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Madelene went from #394 to #582 while Hennie went from #610 to #135.
Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelene went from #2738 to #5707 while Ada went from #1543 to #499.

Moved the same way as Madelene

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelene went from #2738 to #5707 and Abigail from #24 to #34.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelene went from #2738 to #5707 and Aisling from #496 to #1520.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelene went from #2738 to #5707 and Alex from #179 to #674.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelene went from #2738 to #5707 and Alexandra from #43 to #97.

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 1985 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #264 in Norway in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Madelene

Madelene at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Madelene across 2 official records

Madelene by decade in Norway · Girls

Madelene appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Madelene moved ahead of

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Madelene at a glance

Madelene across 2 official records

Madelene by decade in Norway · Girls

Madelene 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 Madelene

Madelene and the names beside it

Madelene moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Madelene

Moved the opposite way to Madelene

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