Girls' name · since 1946
Maddy
Maddy has 884 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,793 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 884
- born since 1946
- 2010s
- peak decade
884 babies have been named Maddy since 1946, making it today's #3793 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maddy has been recorded 884 times among girls since 1946, currently ranked #3793 nationally and more common than 78% 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 1946 to 2025.
- #8,174 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,793 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 884 born since 1946
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maddy ranks #8,174 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,793 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 884 born since 1946, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,793 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 884
- born since 1946
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maddy's 884 recorded births place it above 88.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Maddy compares
884 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Maddy's all-time total is 135% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maddy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 884 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maddy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maddy splits its recorded history at 2007: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 61 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maddy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Maddy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (279 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Maddy's strongest decade.
279 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Maddy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 54
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
247 births
- 2010s
2010s
279 births
- 2020s
2020s
274 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 279 births (32% of all-time use).
How Maddy 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 Maddy's total volume
Maddy by state
Where Maddy concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 44 | 5.0% |
| #2 | California | | 36 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.6% |
44 of 884 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Maddy's data
- Maddy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (279 total births) through the 2020s (274) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Maddys (44 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maddy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Maddy 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.