Madison is a moderately popular girls' name in England & Wales, ranking #187 in 1998 with 229 recorded births. This places Madison in the top 4% of ranked UK girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Moderately Popular. The name reached its all-time peak in 2005 with 1,556 births ranking #39. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 35.5%. In 1998, approximately 1 in every 1,263 girls born was named Madison. STABLE Recent data shows the name is currently stable.
Madison is a well-known surname name that originally meant 'son of Maud'. In modern use for girls, it feels bright, established, and unmistakably contemporary.
Madison's rise for girls in the late twentieth century helped define an entire era of surname-style naming. It became so successful that many variants and related names followed behind it.