Madsen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAD-sen
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Madsen is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Mads”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Madsen mean?
Scandinavian: Danish surname from Mads, a form of Matthew
“son of Mads”
Is Madsen a girl's or a boy's name?
Madsen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madsen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Madsen, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Madsen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Madsen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Madsen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayden, Musa, Madden, Kaizen, Raiden, Jensen, Zayan, Zayn, Chozen, Ayaan, Kayden, Izan
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley, Loa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Madsen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madsen, updated 20 October 2026.