Madison

27,036 people in the United States were counted with the surname Madison in the 2020 census, making it the 1,272nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 11,100.

By the numbers

People: 27,036
Rank: 1,272nd
How common: 1 in 11,100
Per 100,000: 9.1

Where the name comes from

Origin a matronymic

Usually derived from Mathieson (Matthew + -son), occasionally from Middle English Maddy (“Maud”) + -son. In the movie Splash, its use as a given name derives from Manhattan’s Madison Avenue.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 52.8%
Black, not Hispanic 36.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Madison

James Madison (1751–1836)President of the United States from 1809 to 1817
Mikey Madison (born 1999)American actress
Dolley Madison (1768–1849)First Lady of the United States from 1809 to 1817
Bailee Madison (born 1999)American actress
Holly Madison (born 1979)American television personality
Tianna Madison-Bartoletta (born 1985)American long jumper
Helene Madison (1913–1970)American swimmer
Guy Madison (1922–1996)American actor

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

Surnames like Madison

Also a first name

Madison has been given to 427,675 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2001. 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.