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Madyson

Feminine · “son of Maud”

1985high 2007
#2298 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare79 girls in 2025

Madyson respells Madison — son of Maud — and Maud is Matilda, mighty in battle, in Germanic.

How old is the name Madyson?

Madyson first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Madyson alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 13,500 people named Madyson are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Madyson most popular?

Madyson peaked in 2007, reaching #360 nationally. Today it ranks #2298, 1,938 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Madyson

Madison was purely a surname until a 1984 film gave it to a mermaid as a joke, and it became one of the fastest-rising American girls' names of the following two decades — a documented case of a film creating a name. Behind it sits Matilda, mighty in battle. Madyson appears in the registers in current use.

Meaning

son of Maud

Through Madison, a patronymic from Maud, a medieval English form of Matilda, from the Germanic maht, 'might', and hild, 'battle'. The surname's construction is documented. The -yson respelling is modern American.

How the name formed

  1. maht hild
  2. Matilda
  3. Maud
  4. Madyson

Related forms: Madison · Madisyn

Pronouncing Madyson

MAD-ih-sun

Three syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Madyson

Moderate

MaddieThe front stretched, and a name in its own right with a large record
SonnyTaken from the back, and a name of its own with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1985–202590545309057919852025

US babies named Madyson per year from 1985 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#3601980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1985
Most girls named
2007905 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#360reached in 2007
Change vs 2024
+17.9%79 in 2025, from 67
Madyson sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2007, with 905 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Madyson in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Madison in English — spelling variant
  • Madisyn in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.

Madysons among us

13,500

people named Madyson are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 20,345 born in 2025 was named Madyson

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Madyson

#2298
Madyson on the 2025 chart
#34
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Madyson went to 79 girls in 2025, but Madison and Maddison are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 5,751, which makes it the 34th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,264 places above the chart.

and 1 rarer spelling.

About 1 girl in 279 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,345 for Madyson itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Chantel test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Madyson's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Chantel climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Chantel's path sketches the road Madyson is walking now.

40%chance Madyson will feel dated by 2040
Madyson, aligned on its peakChantel· peak 1990not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsChantel · #5944Madyson today
Madyson today is about where Chantel stood in 2008 — 18 years past a #360-sized peak. By 2023, Chantel had settled around #5944.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Madyson sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Madyson is headed

19852030

US babies named Madyson per year, 1985 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Madyson is easing off slowly — about 30% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-30% by 2030projected around #3,095 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Madyson beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Madyson in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Madysonthis name79#2298Shyla79#2298Skylah79#2298Therese79#2298Jennie79#2298

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That a 1984 film joke created a top-ten name is a first-rate fact.
  • Maddie is available as a short form with a large record.
  • The mighty-in-battle meaning behind Matilda is strong.
What to consider
  • Madison is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
  • At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
  • The literal meaning is 'son of', which sits oddly on a girls' name.

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Frequently asked

How many Madysons are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 13,500 people named Madyson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Madyson?
Madyson is one of 3 recorded spellings. Madison is the more common one — 4,945 births in 2025 against 79 for Madyson.
How popular is the name Madyson in 2025?
Madyson ranks #2298 among US girl names in 2025, with 79 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Madyson?
About 1 in every 20,345 US girls born in 2025 was named Madyson — 79 in all.
Will my child share the name Madyson with classmates?
Madyson will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Madyson

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Shyla#2298 · Skylah#2298 · Therese#2298 · Jennie#2298 · Shira#2298 · Jahzara#2298 · Emelyn#2298 · Khelani#2298

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