Maddison
- Pronunciation
- [Ma-ddi-son]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Matthew. Special One. Sincerety.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Maddison
Maddison is a modern American spelling variant of Madison (see separate entry on Madison for the Old English etymology — originally a surname meaning "son of Maud" or "son of Matthew"). The double-D Maddison spelling is essentially a 21st-century American invention.
The two spellings (Maddison and Madison) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying surname. The Maddison spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive form than the historical Madison. The name's transition from surname to American first name accelerated through the 1990s and 2000s, primarily driven by the 1984 American romantic comedy Splash (where Daryl Hannah's mermaid character chose the name Madison after seeing it on a New York City Madison Avenue street sign).
Maddison has been used predominantly for girls in modern American naming. The name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2000 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. Notable contemporary bearers include various American influencers and reality-TV personalities. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the surname-style sophistication, the popular three-syllable -son ending family (Maddison, Addison, Allison, Brixton), and the modern visual presence with the distinctive double-D spelling. Three flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as both classical-Anglo-Saxon and contemporary American. Common nicknames Maddy (the dominant warm short form, casual and warm), Maddie, Mads, Madi, and the rare Sona each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Madison (the more popular form), Maddison, Madisyn, and Madyson have their own SSA tracking. International forms include the original Old English Madde + sun.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Maddison
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Maddison by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2009 with 1,167 girls named Maddison (girl rank #281 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #439 for girls (703 US births). That's 158 places below its 2009 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Maddison Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Maddison the strongest states are New Hampshire, Maine, West Virginia.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Hampshire | #177 | 29 |
| 2 | Maine | #203 | 25 |
| 3 | West Virginia | #277 | 28 |
| 4 | Idaho | #287 | 29 |
| 5 | New Mexico | #301 | 38 |
| 6 | Texas | #320 | 963 |
| 7 | Nevada | #321 | 95 |
| 8 | Arkansas | #341 | 69 |
| 9 | South Carolina | #354 | 140 |
| 10 | Connecticut | #374 | 42 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin | #793 | 31 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #692 | 97 |
| 3 | Illinois | #641 | 168 |
| 4 | Minnesota | #579 | 68 |
| 5 | Kentucky | #572 | 56 |
| 6 | Alabama | #569 | 96 |
| 7 | Ohio | #552 | 185 |
| 8 | Washington | #544 | 124 |
| 9 | Indiana | #539 | 114 |
| 10 | New York | #532 | 308 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Maddison in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Maddison to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Maddison against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).