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How popular is the name Maddie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Maddies are alive today.
Maddie (female) is a shortened form of the name Madison. Although Maddie itself was given to 120 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 357th as a registered name), most Maddies are registered as Madison, which ranked 175th in 2025 with 280 babies.
Most people called Maddie are registered as Madison, and share that name's profile: the Madison you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Madisons born in England and Wales are between 11 and 22, and there are at least 39,000 of them alive today. Only some Madisons go by Maddie.
How many babies are named Maddie or Madison each year?
Combined registrations of Madison, Maddison, Maddie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Madison rank as a registered name?
Where does Maddie rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Maddie short for Madison?
Yes - Maddie is a shortened form of Madison. Maddies are usually registered as Madison at birth.
When was the name Maddie most popular?
The full name Madison peaked in 2005, when 2,630 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Maddie itself peaked as a registered name in 2015, with 183 babies.
How many people are called Maddie?
There's no official count of people who go by Maddie, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 39,000 people registered as Madison born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Maddie.
How old is the typical Maddie?
Most people called Maddie are registered as Madison. Most living Madisons are between 11 and 22; the most common age is about 20.
Is Maddie becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.