How popular is the name Madison?

Madison ranks 90th among girls' names in US records, with 451,783 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 75,851.

Is Madison a unisex name?

No. Madison is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2001, when 23,142 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Maddison. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#90 of girl names

Pronounced M AE1 D AH0 S AH0 N (ARPABET)

Madison is a girls' name, and first appears in 1970. It has been given to 451,783 children — the 90th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 52% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2001, when 23,142 children were given it.

Maddison is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2001Girls: 23,142Boys: 132

These spellings sound identical to Madison and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Madison?: Madison ranks 90th among girls' names in US records, with 451,783 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 75,851.
Is Madison a unisex name?: No. Madison is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Madison most popular?: 2001, when 23,142 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Madison spelled?: Maddison. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.