# Madison (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/madison/  
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 | “maud” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmædɪsən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Maddy, Madi, Maddie |
| Variant spellings | Maddieson, Maddison, Madicyn, Madisyn, Madyson |
| US babies named this | 427,675 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,869 / 419,806 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18,835, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Usually derived from Mathieson (Matthew + -son), occasionally from Middle English Maddy (“Maud”) + -son. In the movie Splash, its use as a given name derives from Manhattan’s Madison Avenue.

## 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 | 12,406 | 8 |
| 2012 | 11,417 | 9 |
| 2013 | 10,605 | 9 |
| 2014 | 10,333 | 9 |
| 2015 | 10,107 | 11 |
| 2016 | 9,057 | 15 |
| 2017 | 7,910 | 17 |
| 2018 | 7,103 | 22 |
| 2019 | 6,304 | 26 |
| 2020 | 6,253 | 23 |
| 2021 | 5,964 | 29 |
| 2022 | 5,507 | 34 |
| 2023 | 5,179 | 37 |
| 2024 | 4,581 | 45 |
| 2025 | 4,945 | 40 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 2,532 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,497 |
| 2013 | 40 | 2,878 |
| 2014 | 40 | 2,915 |
| 2015 | 75 | 1,945 |
| 2016 | 42 | 2,869 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,104 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,145 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3,463 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,777 |
| 2021 | 36 | 3,276 |
| 2022 | 29 | 3,832 |
| 2023 | 26 | 4,177 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3,315 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,328 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 760 | 77 |
| 2012 | 846 | 75 |
| 2013 | 591 | 92 |
| 2014 | 477 | 117 |
| 2015 | 517 | 111 |
| 2016 | 462 | 126 |
| 2017 | 446 | 126 |
| 2018 | 395 | 131 |
| 2019 | 310 | 162 |
| 2020 | 300 | 170 |
| 2021 | 308 | 168 |
| 2022 | 304 | 165 |
| 2023 | 287 | 177 |
| 2024 | 304 | 166 |
| 2025 | 280 | 175 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9 | 1,629 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1,878 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,087 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مَادِيسُون
- Chinese: 麥迪遜 /麦迪逊
- Greek: Μάντισον
- Hebrew: מדיסון
- Hindi: मैडिसन
- Japanese: マディソン
- Korean: 매디슨
- Russian: Мэдисон, Ма́дисон
- Ukrainian: Медісон

## People named Madison

- Madison Beer, American singer (born 1999)
- Madison Iseman, American actress
- Madison Pettis, American actress
- Madison Brengle, American tennis player
- Madison Bailey, American actress (born 1999)
- Madison Davenport, American actress
- Madison Grant, American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist (1865–1937)
- Madison De La Garza, American actress
- Madison Wolfe, American actress
- Madison Ivy, German-American pornographic actress
- Madison Kocian, American gymnast
- Madison Chock, American ice dancer (born 1992)

## 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.