How rare is the name Maddy?

4,087 people in the United States have the first name Maddy, about 1 in 73,901. It ranks #4,524 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MADDY

#4,524

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,087
About
1 in 73,901
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,087 people named Maddy, 78.8% reported their origin as White, 10.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% as two or more races. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maddy peaked in 2024, when 61 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
61
In 2025*
39 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 884 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Maddy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #5,974. The largest share of babies named Maddy, 52%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1980s#19,21625
1990s#18,26654
2000s#8,688247
2010s#8,423279
2020s#5,974274
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Millennials 1981–966.7%
Generation Z 1997–1240.7%
2013 and later52%

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.

Either side of Maddy

#4,521 Dimitrios · 4,088#4,521 Nidhi · 4,088#4,525 Jamya · 4,085#4,526 Carsen · 4,082

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maddy, most common first.

#12,114 Maddi · 1,038#13,400 Mady · 903#17,205 Maday · 645#50,640 Maudy · 118

Also a last name

As a last name, Maddy ranks #17,390 of 156,621, with 1,589 people. See Maddy as a last name

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