Madysen — girls' name
2,696 babies named Madysen in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Madysen was born in this single decade.
193 babies were named Madysen in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Madysen
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,696 babies named Madysen between 1990 and 2022, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madysen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 193 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Madysen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,643 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Madysen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 207 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Madysen in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Madysen 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 2,696 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.
Madysen at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Madysen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1990
- Peak year (2002)
- 193
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
2,696 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 193 births in a single year.
Madysen popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Madysen as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Madysen accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Madysen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,643 births that decade — 61% of Madysen's all-time total
Madysen decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,643 births
- Runner-up 576 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Madysen's strongest decade
1,643 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Madysen by state
Where Madysen concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 207 | 7.7% |
| #2 | California | | 156 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 133 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 113 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 78 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 76 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 73 | 2.7% |
| #8 | New York | | 64 | 2.4% |
207 of 2,696 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 4.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Madysen appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.