Maddison
Maddison is both a surname and a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Madison. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maddison
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maddison is both a surname and a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Madison. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maddison
The earliest SSA record of Maddison as a baby girl name dates back to 1985, when 6 babies received it. 2009 was its biggest year on record, with 1,167 newborns named Maddison — #281 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Maddison on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maddison ranks #482 for baby girls with 632 births, gradually falling (-12%). All told, over 25K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maddison
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maddison. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Maddison
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About the name Maddison
Maddison is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 25K births in the dataset. Maddison's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #281. Use the chart and map above to compare Maddison's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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