Maddisen
Feminine · “son of Maud”
Maddisen is Madison with a doubled d and an -en ending, one of the many spellings of a surname that became a favorite girl's name. It is three syllables with the stress on the first.
How old is the name Maddisen?
Maddisen first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Maddisen alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 500 people named Maddisen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maddisen most popular?
Maddisen peaked in 1997, reaching #3897 nationally. See the whole 1997 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Maud to Maddisen
The story of Maddisen
Madison began as an English surname, belonged to a president, and then became one of the most popular American girls' names, spelled Maddison, Madisyn, Madisen and Maddisen among others. This spelling doubles the d, as Maddie does, and writes the ending -en. No record says who first chose it, and beyond those letters it has the same history as Madison.
Meaningscholars disagree
son of Maud, through Madison
Madison is an English surname usually explained as son of Maud or of Matthew. Maddisen is a spelling of it, and nothing more is recorded.
How the name formed
- Maud
- Madison
- Maddisen
Related forms: Madison
Pronouncing Maddisen
MAD-ih-sun
Three syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Maddisen
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 200532 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3897reached in 1997
- Change vs 2019
- 0.0%5 in 2021, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maddisen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Madison in English — spelling variant
Maddisens among us
people named Maddisen are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Maddisen sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds like a familiar, well-liked name.
- Maddie is a ready short form.
- People will write Madison.
- It is one of many spellings of one sound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maddisens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Maddisen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maddisen in 2025?
- Maddisen is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Maddisen with classmates?
- Maddisen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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