Mads
Boy · MASS · Hebrew
Mads is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Mads mean?
Hebrew: Danish form of Matthias
“gift of God”
A traditional Danish short form of Mathias, long used as a name in its own right.
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Is Mads a girl's or a boy's name?
Mads is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mads in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Mads, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Mads in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Mads in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Mads, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Mads in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mads in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
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