Maddison

What Maddison means

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

Editor’s note Down from #310 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Maddison?

US: Falling: down from #310 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #97 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 1,167 girls got the name (#281 that year). First in the US records in 1985.

How common

• About 1 in 2,286 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 782 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 511 baby girls in Scotland 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 AR (1.13 per 1,000 girls), NV (1.09 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.87 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Maddison is #438 in the US and #154 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Maddison were girls.

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

• Madison4,945 US · 280 E&W
• Madisson958 US
• Madisyn168 US · 3 E&W
• Madyson79 US
• Maddyson24 US
• Madysson21 US
• Mattison19 US
• Maddisyn13 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 Maddison

Girls

• Peyton#199Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #72 in 2015, #199 in 2025
• Claire#68Variant of Clare, meaning “bright, shining, clear”^*
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Kennedy#85“head + ugly”^*
• Rylie#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*

For a brother

• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US
• Kyler#404“archer”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Maddison’s. Rank is US 2025.