Madelaine

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Madelaine Petsch

American actress and YouTuber

Choose Madelaine and your child shares a first name with Madelaine Petsch, an American actress and YouTuber. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Madelaine, like who?” Madelaine Petsch's Wikipedia article is available in 39 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 67,114 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Madelaine, 24 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Madelaine would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMadelaine first shows up in US birth records in 1901, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 124 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1942, when it ranked #1,037. Today it's #5,238, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowMadelaine was 3.6× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 18,519 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 67,114.
• 🍂TrendMadelaine has slipped 785 places over the last five years and now sits at #5,238. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningMadelaine is a French form of Madeleine, which means “woman from Magdala”. Our records link it to French, Greek and Hebrew roots.

About the name Madelaine

Madelaine is a girl name of French, Greek and Hebrew origin meaning “woman from Magdala”. It has 9 letters and 3 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-ine”. US birth records list Madelaine for girls from 1901 to 2025, in 114 of those 125 years. Its best year was 1942, when it ranked #1,037 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #5,238, with 24 babies.

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