Madisson

What Madisson means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #4,981 in 2015, #319 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Madisson?

US: Rising: up from #4981 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 958 girls got the name (#319 that year). First in the US records in 1989.

How common

• About 1 in 1,678 baby girls in the US 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 DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls), NV (1.52 per 1,000 girls), TX (1.48 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Madisson is #319 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 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 Madisson were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Madison4,945 US · 280 E&W
• Maddison703 US · 324 E&W
• Madisyn168 US · 3 E&W
• Madyson79 US
• Maddyson24 US
• Madysson21 US
• Maddisson13 US
• Madisen12 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 Madisson

Girls

• Hallie#120Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #565 in 2015, #120 in 2025
• Celine#207“heaven”^*
• Daisy#75From the word “daisy”^*
• Annie#182Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 7,476 babies; 1,690 in 2025
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Miriam#246possibly “bitter”^*

For a brother

• Ismael#263Form of Ishmael, meaning “God hears, God will hear”^*
• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Callahan#227Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025
• Colter#157Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #157 vs #1,466 in 2025
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*

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 Madisson’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.