Madden

Madden is the 1,006th most common surname in the United States, shared by 34,170 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 8,747.

By the numbers

People: 34,170
Rank: 1,006th
How common: 1 in 8,747
Per 100,000: 11.4

Where the name comes from

Origin Irish

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madadháin (“descendant of Madadhán”), a diminutive of madadh (“dog”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Madden described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 81.7%
Black, not Hispanic 10.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Madden

Richard Madden (born 1986)Scottish actor
John Madden (born 1949)English theatre, film, television, and radio director
Benji Madden (born 1979)American rock musician
Joel Madden (born 1979)American singer, musician and songwriter
John Madden (1936–2021)American football coach
Mickey Madden (born 1979)American bassist
Beezie Madden (born 1963)American show jumping competitor
Paige Madden (born 1998)American swimmer

People named Madden with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Madden

Also a first name

Madden has been given to 9,233 American babies as a first name since 1997, peaking in 2012. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.