Unisex name · since 1997
Madden
Madden has 7,682 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #677 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,682
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
7,682 babies have been named Madden since 1997, making it today's #677 unisex name.
Madden has 7,682 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #677 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #1,403 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #677 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 7,682 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madden ranks #1,403 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #677 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 7,682 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #677 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,682
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Madden's 7,682 recorded births place it above 96.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Madden compares
7,682 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Madden's all-time total is 21x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,682 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 471 | 34 | 22,252 |
Madden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Madden's full recorded timeline at 2012, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 471 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Madden popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 471
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Madden popularity over time - girls
1,551 total births recorded since 1997 (Madden as girls' name)
Madden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,944 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Madden's strongest decade.
3,944 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Madden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 1,509
2000s
1,509 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,944 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,218 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,944 births (51% of all-time use).
How Madden compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Madden's total volume
Madden by state
Where Madden concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 784 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 672 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 317 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Utah | | 308 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 298 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 260 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 250 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 236 | 3.1% |
784 of 7,682 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Madden appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Madden's data
- Madden's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,944 total births) through the 2020s (2,218) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Maddens (784 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Madden
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Madden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Madden draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.