Madison
#40 for girls in 2025, 4,945 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to girls 98.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 22,166 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 33 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 419,806since 1970
Madison over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #40 | 4,945 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #45 | 4,581 | #3,272 | 36 |
| 2023 | #37 | 5,179 | #4,112 | 26 |
| 2022 | #34 | 5,507 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #29 | 5,964 | #3,242 | 36 |
| 2020 | #23 | 6,253 | #3,734 | 28 |
| 2019 | #26 | 6,304 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #22 | 7,103 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #17 | 7,910 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #15 | 9,057 | #2,838 | 42 |
| 2015 | #11 | 10,107 | #1,931 | 75 |
| 2014 | #9 | 10,333 | #2,885 | 40 |
| 2013 | #9 | 10,605 | #2,848 | 40 |
| 2012 | #9 | 11,417 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | #8 | 12,406 | #2,504 | 49 |
| 2010 | #8 | 13,196 | #3,239 | 34 |
| 2009 | #7 | 15,257 | #2,320 | 56 |
| 2008 | #6 | 17,047 | #2,291 | 57 |
| 2007 | #5 | 17,968 | #2,016 | 69 |
| 2006 | #3 | 18,635 | #1,994 | 67 |
| 2005 | #3 | 19,578 | #1,674 | 80 |
| 2004 | #3 | 20,628 | #857 | 207 |
| 2003 | #3 | 20,201 | #1,497 | 86 |
| 2002 | #2 | 21,774 | #1,295 | 104 |
| 2001 | #2 | 22,166 | #1,118 | 126 |
| 2000 | #3 | 19,968 | #1,044 | 138 |
| 1999 | #7 | 18,054 | #873 | 173 |
| 1998 | #9 | 17,787 | #753 | 213 |
| 1997 | #10 | 15,189 | #632 | 268 |
| 1996 | #15 | 13,412 | #639 | 263 |
| 1995 | #29 | 9,775 | #627 | 269 |
| 1994 | #51 | 6,263 | #674 | 235 |
| 1993 | #78 | 4,384 | #695 | 222 |
| 1992 | #107 | 3,165 | #779 | 180 |
| 1991 | #128 | 2,471 | #774 | 176 |
| 1990 | #203 | 1,407 | #849 | 145 |
| 1989 | #222 | 1,226 | #884 | 130 |
| 1988 | #299 | 824 | #950 | 103 |
| 1987 | #326 | 749 | #818 | 129 |
| 1986 | #366 | 646 | #1,058 | 77 |
| 1985 | #624 | 301 | #1,011 | 81 |
| 1984 | #2,299 | 42 | #1,481 | 42 |
| 1983 | — | #2,208 | 23 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,865 | 30 |
| 1980 | — | #1,765 | 32 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,236 | 22 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,312 | 33 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,294 | 35 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,199 | 41 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,375 | 32 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,423 | 30 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,320 | 36 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,265 | 38 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,300 | 36 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,218 | 39 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,219 | 38 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,052 | 50 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,155 | 41 | |
| 1952 | — | #968 | 54 | |
| 1951 | — | #984 | 51 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,232 | 34 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,013 | 47 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1947 | — | #900 | 60 | |
| 1946 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #974 | 44 | |
| 1943 | — | #998 | 45 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,007 | 44 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,276 | 27 | |
| 1940 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,199 | 30 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,031 | 38 | |
| 1936 | — | #827 | 54 | |
| 1935 | — | #930 | 46 | |
| 1934 | — | #956 | 44 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,004 | 43 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,050 | 41 | |
| 1930 | — | #958 | 50 | |
| 1929 | — | #900 | 55 | |
| 1928 | — | #980 | 49 | |
| 1927 | — | #858 | 62 | |
| 1926 | — | #890 | 57 | |
| 1925 | — | #832 | 64 | |
| 1924 | — | #809 | 70 | |
| 1923 | — | #755 | 75 | |
| 1922 | — | #766 | 74 | |
| 1921 | — | #834 | 68 | |
| 1920 | — | #835 | 65 | |
| 1919 | — | #839 | 61 | |
| 1918 | — | #805 | 66 | |
| 1917 | — | #822 | 60 | |
| 1916 | — | #734 | 68 | |
| 1915 | — | #681 | 72 | |
| 1914 | — | #678 | 56 | |
| 1913 | — | #658 | 46 | |
| 1912 | — | #725 | 35 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #386 | 20 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1884 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1883 | — | #359 | 22 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #307 | 28 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Madison! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Madison is popular in 1951
No state had 5 or more girls named Madison in 1951, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Madison
- 5 spots since 2024 (#45 → #40)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#23 → #40)
- 29 spots since 2015 (#11 → #40)
- Biggest jump: 1,675 spots in 1985 (#2,299 → #624)
- Biggest drop: 8 spots in 2024 (#37 → #45)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2001 at #2 (22,166 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: 18 yrs · run 1997–2014
- Top 100: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1985–2025
- Highest: 1 in 81 girls born in 2001 were named Madison (1.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 325 girls born in 2025 (0.31%)
- 46.0% of all girls named Madison (193,222) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #7,984 (1975) | #8,101 |
| 1980s | 3,794 | #222 (1989) | #1,892 |
| 1990s | 91,907 | #7 (1999) | #64 |
| 2000s | 193,222 | #2 (2001) | #4 |
| 2010s | 98,438 | #8 (2010) | #13 |
| 2020s | 32,429 | #23 (2020) | #35 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Madison in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 36,918 of them was named Madison, which outranked 76.9% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).