Maddison is a moderately popular girls' name in United States, ranking #500 in 2002 with 554 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2009 with 1,167 births ranking #281. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 24.2%. In 2002, approximately 1 in every 3,243 girls born was named Maddison. RISING Recent data shows the name is currently rising.
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.