Madden Boy
How popular is Madden?
#675 boy name in 2025
402 baby boys were named Madden in the US in 2025, making it the 675th most popular boy name. Another 168 girls got the name (#1,326 for girls).
Madden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #675 for boys (▲ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 402 boys, 168 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #611 in 2015, #809 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (471 boys) |
| Highest rank | #544 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1997 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 81% boys, 19% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Madden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Madden family of names ranked #638 for boys in 2025 (#654 the year before), with 410 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Madden | 402 | 98% |
| Maddon | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Madden is most popular
Babies named Madden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 1.0 per 1,000 (97 boys)
- South Dakota: 0.9 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Iowa: 0.6 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.5 per 1,000 (62 boys)
Madden by decade
Boy names about as popular as Madden
Questions
- Is Madden a boy or girl name?
- Madden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 81% of babies named Madden were boys.
- How popular is the name Madden?
- 402 baby boys were named Madden in the US in 2025, making it the 675th most popular boy name. Another 168 girls got the name (#1,326 for girls).
- When was Madden most popular?
- Madden peaked in 2012, when 471 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #544 in 2011.
- How many people are named Madden?
- 9,233 babies have been named Madden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,170 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Madden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Madden was most common in Utah, at 1.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.