Given name & surname
Madden
“one who is organized; a planner”
Madden is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is organized; a planner.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is organized; a planner.”
How it developed
From Irish Ó Madadháin (“descendant of Madadhán”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Madden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,233
- 7,682 boys · 1,551 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 570 babies
- 2025
- 570
- #676 for boys · #1,331 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 81% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 402 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 676 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 471 in 2012. It also appeared in 168 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,974 as a first name in 2020; 34,170 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Madden’s family of names
Madden has a related form in Maddan. Madden has a related form in Maddin. Madden has a related form in Maddon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Maddynvariant
- Madynvariant
- Maddonvariant
- Madenvariant · English
- Madonvariant
- Maddinvariant
- Maddanvariant
- Madinvariant
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