Madison
Nationally, Madison lands at #40 for 2025, cooling off gently. The record does not even know it before 1970; since then, 419,806 American children.
Madison’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Madison, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Madison since 1970
Madison peaked in 2001 at #2; #40 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Madison is most common
Among the states, Madison takes its largest share in Vermont, 0.92% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Delaware and Connecticut next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Madison
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Madelyn
#71 in 2025
Malachi
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Mackenzie
#228 in 2025
Abigail
#41 in 2025 · Hebrew
Mason
#39 in 2025
Avery
#37 in 2025
Anthony
#46 in 2025 · Latin
Emily
#34 in 2025 · Latin
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About Madison
Where does Madison rank right now?
Nationally, Madison lands at #40 for 2025, cooling off gently. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1970.
What is the recorded meaning of Madison?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Madison, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Is there a sibling name for Madison?
Madelyn, Malachi and Mackenzie sit nearest to Madison on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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