Thirty years of Maddison
Maddison in numbers
Maddison peaked in 2007 with 967 girls and has fallen since, to 324 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2002 and 2005, from 317 to 899. It ranked 279th in 1996, reached 63rd in 2005 and ranks 154th now. On average it was given to 142 girls a year in the late 1990s, 650 in the 2000s, 578 in the 2010s and 401 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Madison (280), Madisyn (3). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Maddison.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-20%403 to 324
- 5 years-12%367 to 324
- 10 years-44%577 to 324
- 20 years-64%899 to 324
- Since 1996×2134 to 324
- Total, 1996 to 202515,242girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 154 · ONS · 403 in 2024
Rank 129 · NRS · 35 in 2024
Rank 259 · NISRA · 11 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =154 | 324 | -20% | 1 in 879 |
| 2024 | 121 | 403 | +0% | 1 in 719 |
| 2023 | =124 | 402 | -12% | 1 in 716 |
| 2022 | 111 | 455 | +1% | 1 in 648 |
| 2021 | 113 | 452 | +23% | 1 in 674 |
| 2020 | 135 | 367 | -13% | 1 in 816 |
| 2019 | 121 | 423 | -8% | 1 in 736 |
| 2018 | 118 | 461 | -4% | 1 in 693 |
| 2017 | 112 | 479 | -17% | 1 in 691 |
| 2016 | 95 | 576 | -0% | 1 in 589 |
| 2015 | 97 | 577 | +21% | 1 in 589 |
| 2014 | =117 | 477 | -23% | 1 in 710 |
| 2013 * | 87 | 622 | -11% | 1 in 549 |
| 2012 | 82 | 696 | -5% | 1 in 511 |
| 2011 | 82 | 731 | -0% | 1 in 483 |
| 2010 | 81 | 734 | -21% | 1 in 480 |
| 2009 | 68 | 928 | +4% | 1 in 371 |
| 2008 | 74 | 890 | -8% | 1 in 388 |
| 2007 | 64 | 967 | +10% | 1 in 347 |
| 2006 | 67 | 881 | -2% | 1 in 371 |
| 2005 | 63 | 899 | +33% | 1 in 351 |
| 2004 | 76 | 677 | +65% | 1 in 460 |
| 2003 | =120 | 410 | +29% | 1 in 739 |
| 2002 | 142 | 317 | +14% | 1 in 915 |
| 2001 | 161 | 279 | +13% | 1 in 1,039 |
| 2000 | 175 | 247 | +52% | 1 in 1,194 |
| 1999 | 248 | 163 | +12% | 1 in 1,856 |
| 1998 | =268 | 145 | +15% | n/a |
| 1997 | =288 | 126 | -6% | 1 in 2,488 |
| 1996 | =279 | 134 | 1 in 2,358 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate