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Madden

#676 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Dog, hound

Madden has been given to 9,233 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #676 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 471 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.

Babies named Madden, 2025

1 in 8,250

Madden over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Madden over time

In 2025, Madden went to 29% girls and 71% boys.

19972025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Madden: meaning, origin, and history

Dog, hound

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Madden means

Madden means “dog, hound”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,682 boys were recorded with the name Madden between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 471 in 2012; its best national rank was #544 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #811 in 2020 to #676 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #611 in 2015 to #676 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,551 girls were recorded with the name Madden between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 168 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,331 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,808 in 2020 to #1,331 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,684 in 2015 to #1,331 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Madden?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,250
402 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,250
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#676
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,717 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Madden sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 5,717 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Madden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maddens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Madden was born before 2015 — so the typical Madden is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,682
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 51.3% of all recorded uses (3,944).

Is Madden rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+15
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+135
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−65
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.92×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
85.4%
Peak was 2012 (471)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#544
2011

Spellings of Madden

Madden is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 17.2% against Madden's 0.51%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Madden is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Madden was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,111 boys, against 1 in 4,728 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 25,000).

490 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,111
  2. 2Iowa1 in 1,961
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 1,961
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 2,128
  5. 5Oklahoma1 in 2,174
  6. 6Nebraska1 in 2,273
  7. 7South Dakota1 in 2,326
  8. 8Minnesota1 in 2,439

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Madden is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 66% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Madden is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Madden was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in 7,143 girls, against 1 in 31,202 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Nebraska1 in 7,143
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 7,692
  3. 3Missouri1 in 10,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 20,000
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 20,000
  6. 6Kansas1 in 25,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 25,000
  8. 8Washington1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Madden around the world

Where Madden ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2010–2010
    #638
    in 2010
  • France
    2015–2021
    #5,157
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #738
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2006–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Madden

People whose public names include Madden, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Madden by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#676
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 135
Best rank ever
#544
2011
Peak year
2012
471 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,682
Count in 2025
402

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,331
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,477
Best rank ever
#1,331
2025
Peak year
2025
168 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,551
Count in 2025
168

Names similar to Madden

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MadduxMadisonMaddixJordenRaydenMaddexJaedenZaidenKaedenKamdenRaidenMaddoxHaidenLindenBraidenArdenTaydenGoldenEldenCaidenAadenBodenMadhavLanden

Names with a curve like Madden

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Madden, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

IshaanJadielAaravCasenBostonLyricYadielCannonFisherYaelKalelDeacon

Sibling names for Madden

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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