Maddisen
A feminine name derived from the surname Madison, meaning "son of the mighty one".
Name Census estimates that about 535 living Americans carry the first name Maddisen. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Maddisen today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Maddisen births was 2005 (32 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Maddisen. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
535
~ 1 in 640,662 Americans
Peak year
2005
32 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2021 SSA rank
#16,748
Tracked since 1991
Popularity
Maddisen: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Maddisen from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 263 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Maddisen by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Maddisen during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Maddisens live
The SSA's state-level files cover 3 states and territories. California, Utah, Washington recorded the most babies named Maddisen, while Washington, Utah, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 7 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Maddisen
The name Maddisen is a variant of the English name Madison, which has its roots in the surname Maddison. This surname is believed to have originated from the medieval given name Mathiuson, a patronymic form derived from the name Mathieu.
Mathieu is the French form of the Hebrew name Matthew, meaning "gift of God." The name Matthew is found in the Bible's New Testament, referring to one of the twelve apostles who authored the Gospel of Matthew.
The earliest recorded use of the name Madison dates back to the late 16th century in England. One notable bearer of this name was James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, who was born in 1751 and served from 1809 to 1817.
Another famous bearer of the name Madison was Dolley Madison, the wife of James Madison, who was born in 1768 and is known for her significant role in the White House during her husband's presidency.
In literature, Madison Calvert is a character in the novel "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson, published in 1959.
The variant spelling Maddisen likely emerged as a more feminine and unique form of the traditional Madison, reflecting a trend in modern times to create distinctive versions of popular names.
One notable bearer of the name Maddisen is Maddisen Van Arsdell, an American actress known for her role in the television series "The Goldbergs," born in 2005.
People
Maddisen + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Maddisen as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Maddisen: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Maddisen?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 535 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Maddisen going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 640,662 US residents.
Is Maddisen a common name?
We classify Maddisen as "Very Rare". It ranks above 85.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 545 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Maddisen most popular?
The single biggest year for Maddisen was 2005, when 32 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Maddisen is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Maddisen a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Maddisen in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.