How common is the surname Maddy?

1,809 people in the United States had the surname Maddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. It ranked 16,031st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Maddy?

Penelope Maddy, American mathematician and philosopher.

Where is the surname Maddy most common?

Wikidata records people named Maddy in the United States.

Is the surname Maddy getting more or less common?

More common. 1,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,809 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Maddy

A surname, carried by 1,809 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maddy is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,809 people named Maddy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,706.

#16,031

rank among US surnames

1,809

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #15,720)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,022	Grayer	1,811	170,483
#16,025	Coryell	1,810	170,578
#16,031	Buda	1,809	170,672

Who is named Maddy

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Maddy identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Maddys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Penelope Maddy
American mathematician and philosopher, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maddy

Maday

Maddy has the Soundex code M300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M300.

Questions

How common is the surname Maddy?: 1,809 people in the United States had the surname Maddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. It ranked 16,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maddy?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Maddy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Maddy?: Penelope Maddy, American mathematician and philosopher.
Where is the surname Maddy most common?: Wikidata records people named Maddy in the United States.
Is the surname Maddy getting more or less common?: More common. 1,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,809 in 2010, up 6.0%.