Girl
Madeleine
The name Madeleine carries the meaning "French form of Magdalene", with roots in French. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
FrenchFrench form of Magdalene
EtymologyMeaning "of Magdala"
Births by decade
1900s
506
1910s
1,373
1920s
2,121
1930s
1,330
1940s
2,052
1950s
1,336
1960s
805
1970s
401
1980s
1,297
1990s
8,925
2000s
10,624
2010s
8,222
Peaked in the 2000s · 38,992 total U.S. births since 1900