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Madison

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~421,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#40 among girls
Births in 2025
4,963 427,675 since 1880
Typical age
20 years, median

Madison popularity over time

Madison rank by birth year, 1970–2025Madison ranked #7,995 in 1970 and #40 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2, in 2001.#10#100#1,000#10,000#40best #2 in 2001197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1970–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2001 is the peak year for Madison, with 22,292 births. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 33 separate years.

The 2025 position is #40, on 4,963 births. The ten-year change is -51%.

Babies named Madison per yearPeaks at 22,292 births in 2001.22,292 in 2001018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Madison?

Roughly 421,200 Madisons are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 427,675 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Madison?

Half of living Madisons are older than 20, half younger. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Madison a millennial-era name.

Your Madison

Ages of living people named MadisonHalf of living Madisons are older than 20 and half younger.median 20020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Madison is most common

Vermont uses the name 2.5× as often as the country as a whole. New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island follow.

Where Madison is used more than average5 states use the name Madison more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 2.5× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 2.3× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 2.2× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.0× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.0× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Madison is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 108 2.5×
New Hampshire 341 2.3×
Connecticut 1,003 2.2×
Rhode Island 223 2.0×
Delaware 201 2.0×

Is Madison a boy's or a girl's name?

98% girls2% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 98.2% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Madison in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Madison ranked #175 in 2025 on 284 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Madison comes from

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.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Madison

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Madison Beer American singer 1999 54
Madison Keys US American tennis player 1995 48
Madison Iseman American actress 1997 42
Madison Pettis American actress 1998 31
Madison Brengle American tennis player 1990 28
Madison Davenport American actress 1996 26
Madison Bailey American actress 1999 25
Madison Grant American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist 1865–1937 24
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 382 in 1985 to 723 in 1986 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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