Madden
Madden is ranked 688th among boys in 2024 (392 births). Its best rank was 544th, in 2011.
- Rank in 2024
- #688down 43 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3920.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2012471 births
- Best rank
- #544in 2011
- Since 1997
- 8,662people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,279 boys have been named Madden in the United States since 1997, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 471 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2012, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 54%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Madden is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are girls (1,383), most of them born around 2024.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2012, its biggest year
Madden was the 553rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Madden
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cashpeak 2013
- Yadielpeak 2009
- Avenpeak 2023
- Syluspeak 2013
- Yarielpeak 2010
- Rylenpeak 2011
- Ryderpeak 2015
- Zyionpeak 2011
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.