Maddy

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maddy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maddy: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #372 in 2004, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#372highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1543
1998	#1480
1999	#1160
2000	#1475
2001	#898
2002	#1104
2003	#799
2004	#985
2005	#931
2006	#678
2007	#854
2008	#1391
2009	#1248
2010	#1815
2011	#2275
2012	#1720
2013	#3536
2014	#2314
2015	#2328
2016	#3609
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2020	#4535
2021	#5581
2022	#3533
2023	#2927
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2004: #372 among girls in Northern Ireland, #985 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maddy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maddy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	45	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	270	10 of 10	27
2010s	91	10 of 10	9
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Maddy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #372 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Maddy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1248	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#854	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#678	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#931	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#985	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#799	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#898	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #372, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Maddison-Rose · #2286, 14y
Maddox · #264, 22y
Madeeha · #982, 29y
Madelaine · #316, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bea · #372, 26y
Beryl · #372, 26y
Sive · #373, 32y
Clarice · #374, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ela · #372, 30y
Elyse · #372, 30y
Giulia · #372, 30y
Keila · #372, 24y

Maddy was ranked #372 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Maddy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maddy without appearing here.

Maddy moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Geraldine Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #4684.
Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1543 and #3824.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Maddy

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2328 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Blake Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #1587.

Moved the opposite way to Maddy

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maddy went from #1543 to #3695 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maddy went from #1543 to #3695 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maddy went from #1160 to #3695 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maddy went from #1160 to #3695 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Maddy

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Maddy went from #2683 to #5581 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Maddy went from #1480 to #2927 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Maddy went from #2683 to #5581 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maddy went from #1475 to #3695 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #372 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Maddy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Maddy at a glance

Maddy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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