Madden

What Madden means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Madden yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 71% of US babies named Madden in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Madden?

US: Falling: down from #611 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #3004 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 426 boys got the name (#645 that year). First in the US records in 1997.

How common

• About 1 in 4,249 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 67,984 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.56 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.92 per 1,000 boys), IA (0.87 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Madden is #675 in the US and #4275 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 70.5% of US babies named Madden were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mateen24 US · 11 E&W
• Maddon8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Madden

Boys

• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*

For a sister

• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Lila#186“lilac”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Madden’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.