Meaning not yet researched.
Madison: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,945 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 2002.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2 in 2002; #40 in 2025. About 99.6% of babies named Madison in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#40 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2002, at #2.
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Madison: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,945 girls in 2025. Peak: #2 in 2002 · most girls in one year: 22,166 (2001).
In 2025, 4,945 US girls were named Madison, making it the 40th most common girls’ name of the year, up 5 places from #45 in 2024. That is 364 more than the 4,581 girls named Madison in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2, reached in 2002. The most girls given the name in a single year was 22,166, in 2001. For comparison, it was #11 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Madison in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 22 babies. In all, 427,675 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 1.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 194,212 babies named Madison.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 62,803 US girls were named Madison; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 9,057. In 2025 that was about 1 in 325 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Madison ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #10 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 43 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Maddison (24,116 babies since 1880), Madisyn (17,379 babies since 1880), Madyson (13,372 babies since 1880) and Madisen (5,064 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maddisen, Madisynn and Madasyn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Maddy and Mattie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maddisen (545), Madisynn (437), Madasyn (397), Madysin (278), Madisun (236), Madisan (193), Madason (183), Madissen (174), Madysyn (171), Madesyn (158), Madicyn (145), Madisin (110), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 95 | #10 | #10 |
| Maryland | 139 | #11 | #6 |
| New Jersey | 232 | #16 | #9 |
| South Carolina | 96 | #17 | #4 |
| New York | 370 | #19 | #9 |
| Delaware | 19 | #21 | #7 |
| Georgia | 192 | #23 | #4 |
| New Mexico | 30 | #24 | #30 |
| Massachusetts | 137 | #24 | #13 |
| Virginia | 158 | #28 | #8 |
| District of Columbia | 16 | #32 | #19 |
| Florida | 327 | #33 | #10 |
| Rhode Island | 18 | #35 | #15 |
| Texas | 565 | #35 | #16 |
| Pennsylvania | 191 | #36 | #11 |
| Louisiana | 67 | #37 | #5 |
| Alabama | 73 | #37 | #6 |
| Nevada | 43 | #37 | #13 |
| North Carolina | 181 | #39 | #7 |
| Illinois | 168 | #41 | #14 |
| Vermont | 9 | #44 | #24 |
| California | 528 | #44 | #17 |
| Arizona | 100 | #47 | #25 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | #49 | #13 |
| Montana | 15 | #53 | #16 |
| Missouri | 80 | #54 | #15 |
| Alaska | 10 | #54 | #13 |
| Michigan | 108 | #57 | #12 |
| Colorado | 78 | #59 | #17 |
| Iowa | 42 | #59 | #21 |
| Washington | 90 | #59 | #17 |
| Hawaii | 11 | #63 | #10 |
| Tennessee | 99 | #64 | #9 |
| Kansas | 38 | #71 | #27 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #72 | #18 |
| Oregon | 40 | #77 | #19 |
| Minnesota | 63 | #79 | #37 |
| South Dakota | 12 | #80 | #21 |
| Indiana | 74 | #80 | #18 |
| Idaho | 24 | #83 | #35 |
| Wisconsin | 53 | #89 | #42 |
| Ohio | 107 | #90 | #17 |
| Utah | 46 | #93 | #37 |
| West Virginia | 15 | #102 | #13 |
| Oklahoma | 36 | #102 | #17 |
| Kentucky | 41 | #104 | #19 |
| Arkansas | 27 | #104 | #21 |
| Maine | 10 | #109 | #38 |
| Nebraska | 19 | #114 | #34 |
| Mississippi | 19 | #131 | #4 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #152 | #33 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,945 | #40 | 18 | #5,328 |
| 2024 | 4,581 | #45 | 36 | #3,315 |
| 2023 | 5,179 | #37 | 26 | #4,177 |
| 2022 | 5,507 | #34 | 29 | #3,832 |
| 2021 | 5,964 | #29 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2020 | 6,253 | #23 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 6,304 | #26 | 33 | #3,463 |
| 2018 | 7,103 | #22 | 37 | #3,145 |
| 2017 | 7,910 | #17 | 38 | #3,104 |
| 2016 | 9,057 | #15 | 42 | #2,869 |
| 2015 | 10,107 | #11 | 75 | #1,945 |
| 2014 | 10,333 | #9 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 2013 | 10,605 | #9 | 40 | #2,878 |
| 2012 | 11,417 | #9 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 2011 | 12,406 | #8 | 49 | #2,532 |
| 2010 | 13,196 | #8 | 34 | #3,282 |
| 2009 | 15,257 | #7 | 56 | #2,339 |
| 2008 | 17,047 | #6 | 57 | #2,314 |
| 2007 | 17,968 | #5 | 69 | #2,026 |
| 2006 | 18,635 | #3 | 67 | #2,000 |
| 2005 | 19,578 | #3 | 80 | #1,683 |
| 2004 | 20,628 | #3 | 207 | #859 |
| 2003 | 20,201 | #3 | 86 | #1,509 |
| 2002 | 21,774 | #2 | 104 | #1,299 |
| 2001 | 22,166 | #2 | 126 | #1,121 |
| 2000 | 19,968 | #3 | 138 | #1,045 |
| 1999 | 18,054 | #7 | 173 | #877 |
| 1998 | 17,787 | #9 | 213 | #754 |
| 1997 | 15,189 | #10 | 268 | #633 |
| 1996 | 13,412 | #15 | 263 | #639 |
| 1995 | 9,775 | #29 | 269 | #628 |
| 1994 | 6,263 | #51 | 235 | #677 |
| 1993 | 4,384 | #78 | 222 | #695 |
| 1992 | 3,165 | #107 | 180 | #780 |
| 1991 | 2,471 | #128 | 176 | #775 |
| 1990 | 1,407 | #203 | 145 | #850 |
| 1989 | 1,226 | #222 | 130 | #885 |
| 1988 | 824 | #299 | 103 | #954 |
| 1987 | 749 | #326 | 129 | #823 |
| 1986 | 646 | #366 | 77 | #1,061 |
| 1985 | 301 | #625 | 81 | #1,017 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,326 | 42 | #1,496 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,250 |
| 1982 | — | — | 20 | #2,485 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,836 | 30 | #1,883 |
| 1980 | — | — | 32 | #1,789 |
| 1979 | — | — | 22 | #2,286 |
| 1978 | — | — | 19 | #2,442 |
| 1977 | — | — | 25 | #1,980 |
| 1976 | — | — | 21 | #2,215 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,616 | 25 | #1,922 |
| 1974 | — | — | 25 | #1,867 |
| 1973 | — | — | 22 | #1,962 |
| 1972 | — | — | 36 | #1,433 |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,061 | 29 | #1,656 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,774 | 27 | #1,682 |
| 1969 | — | — | 29 | #1,515 |
| 1968 | — | — | 27 | #1,533 |
| 1967 | — | — | 33 | #1,330 |
| 1966 | — | — | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1965 | — | — | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1964 | — | — | 41 | #1,211 |
| 1963 | — | — | 32 | #1,394 |
| 1962 | — | — | 30 | #1,448 |
| 1961 | — | — | 39 | #1,272 |
| 1960 | — | — | 36 | #1,332 |
| 1959 | — | — | 38 | #1,275 |
| 1958 | — | — | 26 | #1,549 |
| 1957 | — | — | 36 | #1,311 |
| 1956 | — | — | 39 | #1,226 |
| 1955 | — | — | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1954 | — | — | 50 | #1,061 |
| 1953 | — | — | 41 | #1,162 |
| 1952 | — | — | 54 | #976 |
| 1951 | — | — | 51 | #986 |
| 1950 | — | — | 34 | #1,247 |
| 1949 | — | — | 47 | #1,019 |
| 1948 | — | — | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1947 | — | — | 60 | #903 |
| 1946 | — | — | 47 | #997 |
| 1945 | — | — | 38 | #1,050 |
| 1944 | — | — | 44 | #981 |
| 1943 | — | — | 45 | #1,003 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,019 |
| 1941 | — | — | 27 | #1,289 |
| 1940 | — | — | 45 | #961 |
| 1939 | — | — | 50 | #878 |
| 1938 | — | — | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1937 | — | — | 38 | #1,048 |
| 1936 | — | — | 54 | #830 |
| 1935 | — | — | 46 | #936 |
| 1934 | — | — | 44 | #964 |
| 1933 | — | — | 35 | #1,118 |
| 1932 | — | — | 43 | #1,019 |
| 1931 | — | — | 41 | #1,056 |
| 1930 | — | — | 50 | #964 |
| 1929 | — | — | 55 | #910 |
| 1928 | — | — | 49 | #990 |
| 1927 | — | — | 62 | #863 |
| 1926 | — | — | 57 | #892 |
| 1925 | — | — | 64 | #833 |
| 1924 | — | — | 70 | #813 |
| 1923 | — | — | 75 | #763 |
| 1922 | — | — | 74 | #771 |
| 1921 | — | — | 68 | #839 |
| 1920 | — | — | 65 | #840 |
| 1919 | — | — | 61 | #844 |
| 1918 | — | — | 66 | #807 |
| 1917 | — | — | 60 | #829 |
| 1916 | — | — | 68 | #741 |
| 1915 | — | — | 72 | #687 |
| 1914 | — | — | 56 | #684 |
| 1913 | — | — | 46 | #663 |
| 1912 | — | — | 35 | #732 |
| 1911 | — | — | 21 | #700 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #808 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,128 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #861 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #579 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #666 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #689 |
| 1904 | — | — | 11 | #747 |
| 1903 | — | — | 18 | #514 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #989 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #908 |
| 1900 | — | — | 17 | #614 |
| 1899 | — | — | 13 | #571 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #604 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #578 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #546 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #617 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #595 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #436 |
| 1891 | — | — | 20 | #392 |
| 1890 | — | — | 14 | #524 |
| 1889 | — | — | 23 | #375 |
| 1888 | — | — | 21 | #410 |
| 1887 | — | — | 18 | #400 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #444 |
| 1885 | — | — | 20 | #406 |
| 1884 | — | — | 20 | #409 |
| 1883 | — | — | 22 | #366 |
| 1882 | — | — | 27 | #342 |
| 1881 | — | — | 28 | #311 |
| 1880 | — | — | 22 | #370 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).