A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Madeline
orderly · metered · punctual
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenMadeline is the English form of French Madeleine, derived from Greek Magdalēnē, an ancient geographic designation for a person from Magdala. Ludwig Bemelmans brought the spelling to American bookshelves in 1939 with his illustrated verse story set in Paris. Federal records list the name continuously from 1880 onward, though it shifted from a quiet baseline into broad national rotation during the 1990s.
Also answers toMaddie, Maddy, Mads
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 5,869 souls, A.D. 1998 2025
2025: 3,086 born, holding steady
Estimated Age
27 yrs
Most Madelines were born around 1998 — old enough to remember phones with buttons.
Peak Reign
1998
№50 that year
Generation
Gen Z, 46%
then Gen Alpha 25% · Millennial 16%
Rarity
Top 500 all-time
≈208K ever born · holding steady
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Madeline grew up with
SSA Dataflip phones·Club Penguin·iPod earbuds
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Madeline peaked in 1998.
Estimated average age: 27.
What people think
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Madeline sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
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Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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Public Opinion Ledger
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The public has not yet weighed in on Madeline. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name reads as late-nineties elementary school stationery brought into adulthood. A Madeline tends to be pictured with a color-coded calendar and an overdue paperback. With an average age of twenty-seven, the name belongs to a cohort that learned cursive just before school systems stopped teaching it. Its everyday life involves repeatedly clarifying whether the final syllable rhymes with pin or line.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name reached its single-year peak in 1998 with about six thousand births, climbing to rank 50 nationwide.
Field Note 02
Nearly half of all living bearers belong to Generation Z, which accounts for forty-six percent of the total, while Millennials claim sixteen percent.
Field Note 03
The name logged 3,086 births in 2025 at rank eighty-one, retaining a steady hold across four decades.
Notable Madelines
AI-WrittenMadeline Kahnactress and comedian, b. 1942
Madeline Millernovelist, b. 1978
Madeline Breweractress, b. 1992
Ephemera — If Madeline were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Annapolis, Maryland
Color
Marigold
Job
Speech-language pathologist
Object
A spiral-bound planner filled in with blue ballpoint
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