NameTides

Madison

Madison was the #40 girls' name in the US in 2025 (4,945 babies), and #175 in England & Wales and #69 in Canada.

Madison as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Madison as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & Wales
Madison as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#40 (4,945)#175 (280)#139 (32)#161 (11)#148 (31)#69 (344)——
2024#45 (4,581)#166 (304)#135 (33)#134 (15)#145 (32)#60 (371)——
2023#37 (5,179)#177 (287)#180 (23)#151 (13)#173 (27)#52 (399)——
2022#34 (5,507)#165 (304)#156 (27)#152 (13)#122 (43)#41 (494)——
2021#29 (5,964)#168 (308)#145 (31)#143 (16)#104 (53)#47 (507)——
2020#23 (6,253)#170 (300)#115 (39)#192 (9)#145 (34)#46 (518)—#100 (59)
2019#26 (6,304)#162 (310)#154 (29)#138 (15)#156 (34)#55 (473)—#93 (69)
2018#22 (7,103)#131 (395)#118 (40)#151 (14)#131 (42)#43 (540)#89 (79)#68 (77)
2017#17 (7,910)#126 (446)#120 (39)#77 (30)#95 (63)#42 (575)#82 (88)#80 (70)
2016#15 (9,057)#126 (462)#93 (51)#137 (16)#105 (56)#31 (681)#69 (101)#69 (76)
2015#11 (10,107)#111 (517)#119 (41)#101 (24)#89 (71)#28 (708)#57 (118)#55 (78)
2014#9 (10,333)#117 (477)#90 (55)#89 (26)#86 (78)#26 (723)#58 (120)#57 (83)
2013#9 (10,605)#92 (591)#74 (66)#75 (32)#101 (65)#26 (739)#42 (150)#35 (130)
2012#9 (11,417)#75 (846)#63 (84)#50 (49)#100 (64)#20 (834)#42 (156)#31 (134)
2011#8 (12,406)#77 (760)#67 (85)#54 (48)#89 (80)#17 (881)#38 (168)#32 (132)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 320 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 320common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 900common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 560common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 680common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 430common

Next year

On its recent trend, Madison is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 360 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 320 to 1 in 410.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Madison by state, 2025Alaska: #50AKMaine: #96MEWisconsin: #86WIVermont: #38VTNew Hampshire: #45NHWashington: #59WAIdaho: #79IDMontana: #50MTNorth Dakota: #141NDMinnesota: #79MNIllinois: #40ILMichigan: #56MINew York: #19NYMassachusetts: #24MAOregon: #74ORNevada: #37NVWyoming: #58WYSouth Dakota: #73SDIowa: #56IAIndiana: #77INOhio: #89OHPennsylvania: #36PANew Jersey: #16NJConnecticut: #10CTRhode Island: #31RICalifornia: #44CAUtah: #92UTColorado: #59CONebraska: #110NEMissouri: #53MOKentucky: #102KYWest Virginia: #100WVVirginia: #28VAMaryland: #11MDDelaware: #20DEArizona: #47AZNew Mexico: #23NMKansas: #67KSArkansas: #101ARTennessee: #63TNNorth Carolina: #39NCSouth Carolina: #17SCDistrict of Columbia: #26DCOklahoma: #100OKLouisiana: #37LAMississippi: #124MSAlabama: #37ALGeorgia: #23GAHawaii: #54HITexas: #35TXFlorida: #33FL
Madison (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#55155
Quebec2025#10356

Madison (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MadisonCanadaGirls#69344
MadisonCanadaBoys—too few
MadisonEngland & WalesGirls#175280
MadisonEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
MadisonIrelandGirls#14831
MadisonNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
MadisonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MadisonNSWGirls—too few
MadisonScotlandGirls#13932
MadisonUSGirls#404,945
MadisonUSBoys#5,20818
MadisonVICGirls—too few