Name profile

Madonna

From a title of the Virgin Mary meaning "my lady" in Italian.

PronunciationAmerican English /mə.ˈdɑn.ə/; British English /mə.ˈdɒn.ə/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#13,208

Meaning and history

From a title of the Virgin Mary meaning “my lady” in Italian, Madonna is also the name of American singer Madonna Ciccone (born 1958), who is widely known simply as Madonna.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 11 births, rank #9,901
2007: 13 births, rank #9,007
2008: 10 births, rank #10,807
2009: 14 births, rank #8,454
2010: 6 births, rank #14,959
20112011: 6 births, rank #14,824
2012: 12 births, rank #9,109
2013: 12 births, rank #9,036
2014: 6 births, rank #14,558
2015: 13 births, rank #8,447
20162016: 7 births, rank #12,876
2017: 7 births, rank #12,713
2018: 6 births, rank #13,793
2019: 7 births, rank #12,448
2020: 5 births, rank #15,088
20212021: 6 births, rank #13,464
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: 7 births, rank #12,197
2024: 9 births, rank #10,271
20252025: 6 births, rank #13,208

Madonna moved from #852 to #943 for girls between 1967 and 1968. Its highest annual birth count came in 1954, with 211 births.