Madison is a highly popular girls' name in United States, ranking #15 in 1996 with 13,410 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2001 with 22,166 births ranking #2. In 1996, approximately 1 in every 131 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.