Madison — #46 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Madison

The Social Security Administration has registered 414,808 babies named Madison between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madison currently holds the #46 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 22,166 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Madison performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 193,217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Madison shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35,619 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Madison in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Madison in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 414,808 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.