first name
MADDEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,974 people named Madden, 71.6% reported their origin as White, 11.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% as two or more races. 84% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Madden peaked in 2025, when 570 babies got the name.
At least 9,233 babies have been given the name since 1997. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Madden by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,222. The largest share of babies named Madden, 62.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Madden is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Madden has been most common in Utah (5.2×), Arizona (2.3×), and Nevada (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.22×).
7,179 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Madden
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Madden, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Madden ranks #1,006 of 156,621, with 34,170 people. See Madden as a last name
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