Girls' name · since 1893
Maddie
Maddie has 6,253 recorded births since 1893 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #927 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,253
- born since 1893
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maddie is the #927 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,253 recorded since 1893.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maddie has been recorded 6,253 times among girls since 1893, currently ranked #927 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 2025.
- #2,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #927 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,253 born since 1893
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maddie ranks #2,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #927 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,253 born since 1893, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #927 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,253
- born since 1893
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maddie's 6,253 recorded births place it above 96.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Maddie compares
6,253 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Maddie's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maddie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,253 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 328 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maddie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maddie splits its recorded history at 1960: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1897 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 328 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maddie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 328
- Annual births at peak, across 133 years of records
Maddie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,106 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Maddie's strongest decade.
2,106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Maddie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 32
1900s
32 births
- 1910s 107
1910s
107 births
- 1920s 108
1920s
108 births
- 1930s 75
1930s
75 births
- 1940s 46
1940s
46 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1980s 197
1980s
197 births
- 1990s 401
1990s
401 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,487 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,106 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,664 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,106 births (34% of all-time use).
How Maddie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maddie's total volume
Maddie by state
Where Maddie concentrates geographically, total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 498 | 8.0% |
| #2 | California | | 322 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 248 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 181 | 2.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 179 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 178 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 158 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 157 | 2.5% |
498 of 6,253 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Maddie appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maddie's data
- Maddie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,106 total births) through the 2020s (1,664) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Maddies (498 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Maddie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maddie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~132 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, 1893–2025 (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 Maddie 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.