Madden
- #1,326 for girls in 2025, 168 births
- #675 for boys in 2025, 402 births
- Given to boys 83.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 470 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,682since 1997
Madden over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,326 | 168 | #675 | 402 |
| 2024 | #1,810 | 111 | #691 | 393 |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | #645 | 426 |
| 2022 | #1,856 | 109 | #657 | 419 |
| 2021 | #2,131 | 88 | #822 | 291 |
| 2020 | #2,779 | 59 | #809 | 287 |
| 2019 | #3,172 | 50 | #788 | 294 |
| 2018 | #3,245 | 49 | #776 | 299 |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | #695 | 354 |
| 2016 | #3,182 | 51 | #677 | 377 |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 | #611 | 439 |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 | #629 | 417 |
| 2013 | #2,973 | 56 | #612 | 410 |
| 2012 | #2,654 | 67 | #553 | 471 |
| 2011 | #2,796 | 62 | #544 | 470 |
| 2010 | #2,938 | 58 | #602 | 413 |
| 2009 | #2,548 | 73 | #573 | 461 |
| 2008 | #2,485 | 76 | #621 | 399 |
| 2007 | #3,168 | 54 | #804 | 266 |
| 2006 | #3,054 | 55 | #1,021 | 180 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #1,485 | 97 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #2,489 | 44 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #3,280 | 28 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #8,110 | 6 |
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First appearance
1997
The first year at least five boys were named Madden! It came in at #8,110, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Madden is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Dakota#221 · 1 in 641
- Utah#274 · 1 in 1,092
- Iowa#310 · 1 in 1,152
- Nebraska#335 · 1 in 1,260
- Louisiana#353 · 1 in 1,366
Best ever in a state: #200 in Hawaii, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #221 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Utah | #274 | 18 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Iowa | #310 | 12 | 1 in 1,152 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 7 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Louisiana | #353 | 14 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Kansas | #428 | 8 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Tennessee | #477 | 16 | 1 in 2,298 |
| Alabama | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Arizona | #559 | 12 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 8 | 1 in 2,929 |
| Colorado | #571 | 9 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Ohio | #595 | 16 | 1 in 3,283 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Michigan | #641 | 12 | 1 in 3,350 |
| South Carolina | #668 | 6 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Washington | #684 | 9 | 1 in 3,644 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Pennsylvania | #704 | 12 | 1 in 4,355 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Georgia | #756 | 12 | 1 in 4,185 |
| Florida | #777 | 19 | 1 in 5,028 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| North Carolina | #825 | 10 | 1 in 5,147 |
| Texas | #915 | 27 | 1 in 6,483 |
| California | #957 | 23 | 1 in 7,629 |
| New York | #994 | 12 | 1 in 7,035 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Madden
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 134 spots since 2020 (#809 → #675)
- 64 spots since 2015 (#611 → #675)
- Biggest jump: 217 spots in 2007
- Biggest drop: 81 spots in 2018
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1997
- Peaked 2011 at #544 (470 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2007–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,015
- Highest: 1 in 4,015 boys born in 2023 were named Madden (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,249 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #544 in 2011, was only 1 in 4,041 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 51.3% of all boys named Madden (3,944) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
- Mostly girls until 2002, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11 | #8,110 (1997) | #8,871 |
| 2000s | 1,509 | #573 (2009) | #2,819 |
| 2010s | 3,944 | #544 (2011) | #649 |
| 2020s | 2,218 | #645 (2023) | #717 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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