first name
MADDISON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,066 people named Maddison, 73% reported their origin as White, 11.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% as Black. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maddison peaked in 2009, when 1,167 babies got the name.
At least 24,116 babies have been given the name since 1985. 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.
Maddison by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #699. The largest share of babies named Maddison, 50.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Maddison is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maddison has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), Utah (2.4×), and Idaho (2×), and least common in Connecticut (0.4×).
22,625 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 Maddison
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maddison, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Maddison ranks #32,060 of 156,621, with 771 people. See Maddison as a last name
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