Holding steady.
Popularity of Madora since 1880
Babies named Madora per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1922, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Madora's real moment was 1880.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 |
| 1890s | 6 |
| 1900s | 13 |
| 1910s | 82 |
| 1920s | 101 |
| 1930s | 55 |
| 1940s | 47 |
| 1950s | 27 |
| 1960s | 0 |
| 1970s | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Madora is a rare name that first appeared in the U.S. in 1880, the earliest year of Social Security data. It has never ranked in the top 1000, maintaining a stable but vanishingly low usage. Its peak year remains 1880, with no recorded births in recent decades. With an unclear etymology and no strong cultural or literary associations, Madora has faded into obscurity, making it a true historical curiosity. Its gentle sound and -ora ending align it with other 19th-century feminine names, but its rarity means it has no standard variant or nickname tradition beyond intuitive shortenings like Mady or Dora.
Madora first appears in the United States in the 1880s. It may be a feminine elaboration of the Greek-derived 'Mador' or a creative coinage from the fashionable -ora suffix. No clear historical root is established.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Mady, Dora, Maddie
Sibling names for Madora
Names that share Madora's style, for a brother or sister.
