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Maddie

Maddie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“woman from Magdala”
Origin
English
Say it
MAD-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Diminutive of Madeline, Madison, or Matilda in English use, though most often linked to Madeleine/Madeline, from Magdalene. As an independent given name, it is modern in style.

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How popular is Maddie?

202496.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Maddie in 2024321

2024 rank#837 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18805,966

Maddie is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Maddie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Maddie questions

What does the name Maddie mean?

Maddie means "woman from Magdala". It comes from English. Diminutive of Madeline, Madison, or Matilda in English use, though most often linked to Madeleine/Madeline, from Magdalene. As an independent given name, it is modern in style.

Is Maddie a boy or girl name?

Maddie is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Maddie?

321 US babies were named Maddie in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Maddie?

Maddie is usually pronounced MAD-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.