Madysen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAD-ih-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Madysen is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “son of Maud”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Madysen mean?
English: spelling of Madyson, itself a spelling of Madison, an English surname
“son of Maud”
A spelling of Madison, whose use for girls took off after the mermaid Madison in the 1984 film Splash.
Meaning borrowed from Madyson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Madysen a girl's or a boy's name?
Madysen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madysen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Madysen, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 193 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Madysen in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,267 girls in the US were given Madysen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #270, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Madysen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,474 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,758 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2009 | 152 | #1,502 |
| 2008 | 166 | #1,426 |
| 2007 | 167 | #1,419 |
| 2006 | 145 | #1,514 |
| 2005 | 179 | #1,259 |
| 2004 | 175 | #1,243 |
| 2003 | 143 | #1,389 |
| 2002 | 193 | #1,097 |
| 2001 | 170 | #1,199 |
| 2000 | 153 | #1,268 |
| 1999 | 119 | #1,456 |
| 1998 | 106 | #1,555 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,813 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Nicknames for Madysen
- Maddie 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Madysen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madison Heaven Hayden Addison Madilyn Mckenna Haven Emerson Kennedy Miracle Riley Teagan
Other spellings of Madysen
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Madysen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madysen, updated 20 October 2026.