Madison

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Madison: Recorded every year since 1993, it reached #14 in 2001, and it stood at #148 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
160times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#14highest recorded position
34groupings it qualifies for
26names it appears alongside

What stands out in Madison's record

Held a top-100 place for 31 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 1,556 births with the name in 2005, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Appears alongside 26 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#235
1997	#208
1998	#187
1999	#153
2000	#104
2001	#90
2002	#80
2003	#72
2004	#41
2005	#39
2006	#40
2007	#35
2008	#56
2009	#59
2010	#67
2011	#77
2012	#75
2013	#92
2014	#117
2015	#111
2016	#126
2017	#126
2018	#131
2019	#162
2020	#170
2021	#168
2022	#165
2023	#177
2024	#166

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 27 of the 31 years from 1995 to 2025.

In 2024: #134 among girls in Northern Ireland, #135 among girls in Scotland, #145 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #166 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1993–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #75 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1994–2023
Highest recorded position: #14 among girls in New Zealand, in 2001 (recorded 1994–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #148 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Madison appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New Zealand · Girls, with 30 ranked years and 3,534 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1993.

Madison across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Madison's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1995)	#86 (2014)	#148 (2025)	27 of 31	1,092 (1995–2025)	80 (2011)
New Zealand · Girls	#90 (1994)	#14 (2001)	#44 (2023)	30 of 30	3,534 (1994–2023)	196 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#235 (1996)	#35 (2007)	#166 (2024)	29 of 29	18,441 (1996–2024)	1,556 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1505 (1999)	#3688 (2024)	19 of 28	110 (1997–2024)	9 (2003)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#37 (2006)	#134 (2024)	28 of 28	755 (1997–2024)	64 (2007)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#75 (1993)	#18 (2000)	#89 (2018)	26 of 26	4,563 (1993–2018)	255 (2000)

Madison by decade in New Zealand · 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 Madison in New Zealand · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	645	6 of 10	108
2000sbusiest	1,567	10 of 10	157
2010s	1,037	10 of 10	104
2020s	285	4 of 10	71

Across New Zealand · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 157 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1995 and 1996, when recorded births rose by 47, from 70 to 117.

See the names New Zealandhas recorded the most births with →

Madison 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 6 regions, from 1993 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #14 in New Zealand in 2001.

Madison'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	#166	304	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#177	287	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#165	304	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#168	308	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#170	300	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#162	310	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#131	395	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#126	446	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#126	462	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#111	517	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#117	477	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#92	591	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#75	846	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#77	760	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#67	926	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#59	1,030	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#56	1,133	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#35	1,410	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#40	1,490	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#39	1,556	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#41	1,292	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#72	719	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#80	653	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#90	559	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#104	469	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#153	297	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#187	229	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#208	202	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#235	169	High	Verified
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	150	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	147	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	194	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#25	225	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	228	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	208	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	205	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#22	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#25	210	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#20	250	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#18	255	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	189	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	231	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	194	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#44	70	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#67	62	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#44	83	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#54	70	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#69	55	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#57	66	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#30	97	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#40	89	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#35	95	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#31	89	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#27	109	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#26	114	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#20	151	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#20	172	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#20	168	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#17	184	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#15	196	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#20	157	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#27	121	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#21	142	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#21	140	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#18	149	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#14	166	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#19	144	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#19	152	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#21	145	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#40	109	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#35	117	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#61	70	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#90	52	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#134	15	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#151	13	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#152	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#143	16	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#138	15	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#151	14	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#77	30	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#137	16	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#101	24	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#89	26	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#75	32	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#50	49	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#54	48	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#49	52	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#49	48	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#50	49	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#42	64	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#37	59	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#41	53	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#57	35	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#79	25	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#118	16	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#103	19	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	31	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	32	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	27	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	43	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	53	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	34	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	34	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	42	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	63	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	56	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	71	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	78	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	65	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	64	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	80	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	67	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	71	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	59	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	40	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	30	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	15	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	14	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#135	33	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1993 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #14, first reached in 2001.

It held a top-100 place in 31 years, 31 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,556 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1994, and 31 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.

Madina · #869, 29y
Madinah · #1065, 23y
Madisson · #451, 11y
Madisyn · #894, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Jayden · #14, 35y
Maisie · #14, 30y
Daisy · #15, 37y
Harrison · #13, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Jayden · #14, 35y
Maisie · #14, 30y
Eabha · #13, 33y
Harrison · #13, 34y

Comparisons involving Madison

Existing comparison pages where Madison and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Madison in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Amelia vs Madison
Amelia and Madison both rose over the same years in 3 registrars — New Zealand · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls; Republic of Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Amelia · Madison · 32 shared years, 1994–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Charlotte vs Madison
Charlotte and Madison both rose over the same years in 3 registrars — New Zealand · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls; Republic of Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Charlotte · Madison · 32 shared years, 1994–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Emily vs Madison
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Emily #1 in 1998, Madison #18 in 2000.
Emily · Madison · 26 shared years, 1993–2018 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2000 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Madison within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Madison vs Chelsea
Across 26 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Madison and Chelsea averaged 7.9 places apart, ending at #89 and #76.
Madison · Chelsea · 26 shared years, 1993–2018 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2018 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Holly vs Madison
Across 23 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Holly and Madison averaged 9.6 places apart, ending at #98 and #57.
Holly · Madison · 23 shared years, 1993–2015 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2015 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Maddison vs Madison
Across 26 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Maddison and Madison averaged 10.8 places apart, ending at #72 and #89.
Maddison · Madison · 26 shared years, 1993–2018 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2018 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Madison and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Ava vs Madison
In England and Wales · Girls, Ava moved into the top 50 at #21 in 2008 as Madison fell out of it to #56, having been #35 the year before.
Ava · Madison · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2008 England and Wales ranking
Danielle vs Madison
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Madison moved into the top 50 at #27 in 1997 as Danielle fell out of it to #54, having been #33 the year before.
Danielle · Madison · 10 shared years, 1993–2002 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1997 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Freya vs Madison
In New Zealand · Girls, Freya moved into the top 50 at #27 in 2018 as Madison fell out of it to #57, having been #30 the year before.
Freya · Madison · 10 shared years, 2014–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2018 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Madison measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Madison at its highest position.

Emma vs Madison
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Emma #1 in 2003, Madison #14 in 2001.
Emma · Madison · 30 shared years, 1994–2023 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2003 New Zealand ranking
Paige vs Madison
Across 27 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Paige and Madison averaged 12.5 places apart, ending at #89 and #44.
Paige · Madison · 27 shared years, 1994–2021 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2021 New Zealand ranking
Matilda vs Madison
In New Zealand · Girls, Matilda moved into the top 50 at #30 in 2018 as Madison fell out of it to #57, having been #30 the year before.
Matilda · Madison · 14 shared years, 2009–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2018 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Madison was ranked #14 in New Zealand · Girls in 2001. 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.

Madison 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 Madison without appearing here.

Madison moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #4685.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4749 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Madison

Matheo Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #2964.
Leif Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3987 and #2458.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #1347.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Madison

Angela Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Madison went from #516 to #148 while Angela went from #167 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Madison went from #516 to #148 while Ann went from #83 to #443.
Aoife Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Madison went from #516 to #148 while Aoife went from #3 to #34.
Bernadette Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Madison went from #516 to #148 while Bernadette went from #181 to #718.

Moved the same way as Madison

Abigail Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Madison went from #516 to #148 and Abigail from #211 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Madison went from #516 to #148 and Alice from #76 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Madison went from #516 to #148 and Anna from #47 to #26.
Erin Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Madison went from #516 to #148 and Erin from #119 to #71.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 6 regions, from 1993 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #14 in New Zealand in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Madison

Madison at a glance

What stands out in Madison's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Madison across 6 official records

Madison by decade in New Zealand · Girls

Madison appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Madison

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Madison

Madison and the names beside it

Madison moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Madison

Moved the opposite way to Madison

Moved the same way as Madison

Madison at a glance

What stands out in Madison's record

Madison across 6 official records

Madison by decade in New Zealand · Girls

Madison appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Madison

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Madison

Madison and the names beside it

Madison moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Madison

Moved the opposite way to Madison

Moved the same way as Madison