Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Mads

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Gift from God

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Mads

Pronunciation

m(a)-ds

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #3648, 30 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3848, 28 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202528
202428
202329
202224
202130
202023
201921
201816
201714
20168

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #4209, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20254
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20233
20223
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence