Maddison is a moderately popular girls' name in England & Wales, ranking #117 in 2014 with 477 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2007 with 967 births ranking #64. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 256.0%. In 2014, approximately 1 in every 643 girls born was named Maddison. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Maddison is a fuller-spelled variant of Madison, a surname name that originally meant 'son of Maud'. As a girls' name it feels modern, smart, and familiar.
Madison rose dramatically for girls in the late twentieth century, and variant spellings such as Maddison followed. Its use shows how surname names can take on a very different gender identity in modern practice.