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Maddison

Gender
Girl
Say it
MAD-i-sun
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#151 for girls
US rank, 2025
#438 for girls

Maddison is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “son of Maud”. In 2025 it ranked 151st for girls in the UK (365 babies) and 438th for girls in the US (703 babies).

What does Maddison mean?

English: spelling of Madison, an English surname

“son of Maud”

Spelling of Madison, an English surname whose use for girls took off after the mermaid Madison in the 1984 film Splash.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Maddison a girl's or a boy's name?

Maddison is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 365 girls in the UK and 703 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Maddison in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#151among girls
Babies in 2025
365about 1 in 760 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 5% in five years
Same name in a class
1.8%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 365 girls in the UK were named Maddison, making it the 151st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 144th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,019 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maddison than any year since 2002.

Half of all the girls named Maddison in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 688 girls in the UK were given Maddison or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #87, up from #151 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 154th in England and Wales, 129th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#76).

1996Busiest: 1,019 in 20072025
Maddison in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025365#151
2024449#123
2023460#121
2022499#112
2021487#117
2020396#144
2019451#127
2018499#121
2017515#116
2016612#106
2015618#106
2014517#120
2013669#92
2012748#86
2011783#90
2010791#84
2009995#75
2008950#80
20071,019#69
2006918#75
2005925#68
2004700#81
2003418#133
2002318#158
2001281#169
2000252#191
1999166#266
1998147#289
1997128#316
1996136#294

How popular is Maddison in the US?

Rank in 2025
#438among girls
Babies in 2025
703about 1 in 2,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 703 girls in the US were named Maddison, making it the 438th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 474th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,167 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.

2025 had more girls named Maddison than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Maddison in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,661 girls in the US were given Maddison or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #41, up from #438 for this spelling alone.

1985Busiest: 1,167 in 20092025
Maddison in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025703#438
2024628#488
2023641#477
2022650#485
2021593#520
2020649#474
2019742#430
2018762#405
2017880#358
2016988#336
20151,054#310
2014988#339
2013899#356
2012909#350
2011981#321
20101,121#289
20091,167#281
20081,022#329
2007871#377
2006787#404
2005680#446
2004565#513
2003560#512
2002554#500
2001581#479
2000648#435
1999561#470
1998559#461
1997499#496
1996446#529
1995383#593
1994269#763
1993177#1,039
1992167#1,080
1991109#1,449
199088#1,666
198952#2,273
198851#2,211
198739#2,570
198634#2,778
19856#9,304

Nicknames for Maddison

Names like Maddison

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Maddison

Names related to Maddison

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Maddison: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maddison, updated 20 October 2026.