How common is the name Madison?

360,351 people in the United States have the first name Madison, about 1 in 838. It ranks #137 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MADISON

#137

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
360,351
About
1 in 838
This common or more
35.2%
Who bears it

Of the 360,351 people named Madison, 75.6% reported their origin as White, 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.7% as Black. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Madison peaked in 2001, when 22,292 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
22,292
In 2025*
4,963 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 427,675 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Madison by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #12. The largest share of babies named Madison, 66.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#809218
1890s#1,378133
1900s#1,694125
1910s#1,564500
1920s#1,700639
1930s#1,976431
1940s#2,188443
1950s#2,682407
1960s#3,308329
1970s#4,463267
1980s#8784,461
1990s#7194,051
2000s#12194,212
2010s#4098,857
2020s#9632,602
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–9610.9%
Generation Z 1997–1266.2%
2013 and later22.1%

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 Madison is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Madison has been most common in Nevada (2.1×), Alaska (1.7×), and Utah (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.42×).

422,752 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 Madison

#135 Raymond · 364,286#136 Austin · 362,154#138 Shirley · 360,153#139 Alexis · 358,350

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,648 Maddison · 19,066#2,073 Madisyn · 13,120#2,325 Madyson · 10,969#4,375 Madisen · 4,298#6,828 Madysen · 2,304#6,995 Mattison · 2,228#12,788 Madigan · 962#12,997 Madisson · 940

Also a last name

As a last name, Madison ranks #1,272 of 156,621, with 27,036 people. See Madison as a last name

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