Girls' name · since 1989
Madisson
2,676 babies named Madisson in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,676
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Madisson currently ranks #319 among girls' names in America, with 2,676 babies recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madisson has been recorded 2,676 times among girls since 1989, currently ranked #319 nationally and more common than 98% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #3,865 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #319 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,676 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madisson ranks #3,865 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #319 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,676 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,676
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Madisson's 2,676 recorded births place it above 94.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Madisson compares
2,676 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Madisson's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madisson | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,676 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 958 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madisson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Madisson's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 958, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Madisson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 958
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Madisson by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,548 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Madisson's strongest decade.
1,548 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Madisson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 328
1990s
328 births
- 2000s 449
2000s
449 births
- 2010s 345
2010s
345 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,548 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,548 births (58% of all-time use).
How Madisson 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 Madisson's total volume
Madisson by state
Where Madisson concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 559 | 20.9% |
| #2 | California | | 349 | 13.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 131 | 4.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 60 | 2.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 59 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 55 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 44 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 43 | 1.6% |
559 of 2,676 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Madisson appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Madissons (559 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Madisson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Madisson 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.