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Madlen

girl name
Origin
German
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

a German short form of Magdalena, from a title meaning "of Magdala", a village on the Sea of Galilee

How popular is Madlen around the world?

In the United States, Madlen is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source. In Austria, 24 girls named Madlen were born in 2025, the 249th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

Madlen is on the official records of Austria, Poland, England and Wales and Spain.

United States

under 5 a year

In the United States, Madlen is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.

Madlen appears in US Social Security baby-name records only in small numbers: never enough in any decade to draw a popularity curve.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Austria

1 in 3,200

In Austria, 24 girls named Madlen were born in 2025, the 249th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 20032025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Poland

1 in 120,000

In Poland, 2 girls named Madlen were born in 2025, the 706th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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England and Wales

1 in 200,000

In England and Wales, 3 girls named Madlen were born in 2025, ranked 5,927th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Spain

1 in 1.4M

In Spain, 32 residents are named Madlen, ranked 20,832nd among women, with a mean age of 32.2 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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South Australia

last on record 1998

Madlen is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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