Girls' name · since 1918

Mady

155 babies named Mady in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#22,444 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,330 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
155
born since 1918
2000s
peak decade

Mady currently ranks #13330 among girls' names in America, with 155 babies recorded since 1918.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mady has been recorded 155 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #13330 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.

  • #22,444 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,330 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 155 born since 1918
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mady ranks #22,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,330 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 155 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.

#22,444 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,330 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
155
born since 1918
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%22.9%
Mady vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Mady's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Mady compares

155 32nd percentile among 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

Mady's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Mady Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 155 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Mady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Mady's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Mady popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
16
Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
05101520 191819351945194919572003200920242025 6

Mady by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (45 births, 29% of the file).

2000s was Mady's strongest decade.

45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.

Mady births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (29% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mady?
Since 1918, Social Security records show 155 babies named Mady. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #22,444 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #13,330 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2009, with 16 births.
Where does Mady sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mady ranks #22,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,330 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Mady most popular?
Mady was most popular in the 2000s decade with 45 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Mady been used?
The SSA has tracked Mady since 1918 -- 108 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Mady?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Madison, Madeline, Madelyn, Madeleine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Mady's data

  • Mady's decade-level peak was the 2000s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

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 Mady: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1918–2025 (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 Mady 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.