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Girl's name · #40 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
Madison reached its best rank, #2, in 2001 and remains near the top at #40 today. About 420,000 girls have carried it since 1970.
Madison became more popular for girls in the 1980s, helped by the mermaid who chooses that name in Splash (1984).
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#68 in Ecuador (2025) · #76 in New Zealand (2025) · #139 in Scotland (2025) · #152 in Ireland (2025) · #164 in Mexico (2024) · #171 in N. Ireland (2025) · #176 in England & Wales (2025) · #737 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,194 in Austria (2025) · #1,206 in France (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #1,637 in Switzerland (2025) and 1 more.
Among 379 notable people named Madison:
Sports figures appear 2.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Madison Keys, US American tennis player.
Popular twin pairings with Madison include Mackenzie, Morgan, and Makenzie for girls, and Mason, Michael, and Matthew for boys.
Together with its spelling variants Madisson (#319) and Maddison (#439), Madison would rank around #19 with about 6,600 births last year — the newborns split about 74/15/11 across Madison, Madisson, and Maddison.
About 290 girls a year are given Maddie as their full name.
Similar names: Madisson · Abigail · Madelyn · Chloe · Addison · Allison
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