Name meaning & stats
Madison
Madison means “son of Maud”. 425,629 US babies since 1940, peak 2001.
What it means
“son of Maud”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2001
425,629 US babies were named Madison between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Madison (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 86% of the family
- Madison 86%
- Maddison 5%
- Madisyn 4%
- Madyson 3%
- Madisen 1%
- Madysen 1%
- Madisson 1%
- Maddisyn <1%
- Maddyson <1%
- Maddisen <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2001)