# Maddison (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maddison/  
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 | /ˈmædɪsən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,116 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 53 / 24,063 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,272, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Madde (a medieval diminutive of Maud and Magdalene) + -son.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 981 | 321 |
| 2012 | 909 | 350 |
| 2013 | 899 | 356 |
| 2014 | 988 | 339 |
| 2015 | 1,054 | 310 |
| 2016 | 988 | 336 |
| 2017 | 880 | 358 |
| 2018 | 762 | 405 |
| 2019 | 742 | 430 |
| 2020 | 649 | 474 |
| 2021 | 593 | 520 |
| 2022 | 650 | 485 |
| 2023 | 641 | 477 |
| 2024 | 628 | 488 |
| 2025 | 703 | 439 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 | 8,471 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,954 |
| 1998 | 9 | 6,634 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,058 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,378 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,631 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,818 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,581 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,643 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 731 | 82 |
| 2012 | 696 | 82 |
| 2013 | 622 | 87 |
| 2014 | 477 | 117 |
| 2015 | 577 | 97 |
| 2016 | 576 | 95 |
| 2017 | 479 | 112 |
| 2018 | 461 | 118 |
| 2019 | 423 | 121 |
| 2020 | 367 | 135 |
| 2021 | 452 | 113 |
| 2022 | 455 | 111 |
| 2023 | 402 | 124 |
| 2024 | 403 | 121 |
| 2025 | 324 | 154 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## People named Maddison

- Maddison Keeney, Australian diver
- Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player
- Maddison Elliott, Australian Paralympic swimmer
- Maddison Brown, Australian actress
- Maddison Pearman, Canadian speed skater
- Maddison Jaizani, English actress

## 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.