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Madison
Pronounced /ˈmædɪsən/
Rank in 2024
#46
Born in 2024
4,563
Peak year
2001 · #2
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:36 in 2024 (#3,282)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,563 girls were named Madison, about 1 in every 354.
- It peaked in 2001 with 22,166 babies, ranked #2.
- It first shows up in the records in 1970.
- 414,808 girls have been named Madison since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Madison per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 1.6Millennials1981–96
- 9.7Gen Z1997–12
- 4.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 17 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 44,671 babies, 1.58 per 1,000. Gen Z: 281,263 babies, 9.68 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 88,857 babies, 4.37 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Usually derived from Mathieson (Matthew + -son), occasionally from Middle English Maddy (“Maud”) + -son. In the movie Splash, its use as a given name derives from Manhattan’s Madison Avenue.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈmædɪsən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Madison, CC BY-SA 4.0.