# Madge (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/madge/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mæd͡ʒ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Midge |
| US babies named this | 13,430 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,430 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 16 | 3,218 |
| 1967 | 15 | 3,424 |
| 1968 | 13 | 3,911 |
| 1969 | 17 | 3,404 |
| 1970 | 7 | 6,754 |
| 1971 | 10 | 5,341 |
| 1972 | 10 | 5,307 |
| 1974 | 10 | 5,599 |
| 1975 | 11 | 5,358 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,572 |
| 1978 | 6 | 9,236 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7,722 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7,836 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,525 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,841 |

## People named Madge

- Madge Bellamy, American actress (1899–1990)
- Madge Evans, American actress (1909–1981)
- Madge Syers, British figure skater (1881-1917)
- Madge Kennedy, American actress (1891-1987)
- Madge Adam, English solar astronomer (1912-2001)
- Madge Blake, actress (1899-1969)
- Madge Gill, British artist (1882-1961)
- Madge Ryan, Australian actress (1919-1994)
- Madge Kendal, British actor and theatre manager (1848–1935)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.