Madison is an extremely popular girls' name in United States, ranking #9 in 2012 with 11,416 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2001 with 22,166 births ranking #2. Since 1996, the popularity has decreased by 14.9%. In 2012, approximately 1 in every 154 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.