Fun Facts About the Name Mady
- 154 babies named Mady: U.S. records list 154 babies given the name Mady from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mady Mean?
Mady is most often a spelling variant of Maddy or Maddie, familiar short forms of Madeline and Madeleine. Those names descend from Magdalene, a Greek byname meaning "of Magdala." Magdala was a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, and the name is known chiefly from Mary Magdalene in the New Testament. The town name itself is often traced to Hebrew migdal, "tower," though that derivation is not certain. Taken literally, the personal name means "woman from Magdala." A separate English name, Madison, from a surname meaning "son of Maud," is sometimes shortened to Mady as well, but it has a different origin.
Mady Name History & Origins
Mady belongs to the group of short forms built on Madeline and Madeleine. Madeleine is the French form of Magdalene, and both entered use as given names in honor of Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus in the New Testament whose byname identified her as a woman of Magdala. Medieval Latin Magdalena and Greek Magdalēnē stand behind the modern forms.
From these longer names, English speakers formed the nicknames Madge, Maddy, and Maddie; Mady is a less common spelling of the same short form. The name also appears occasionally as a shortening of Madison, an English surname-name of separate origin, so the same spelling can point to two different families of names.
How Popular is the Name Mady?
Mady has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #3,879 in 1945.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,274 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #16,700 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #17,840 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #8,957 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #7,931 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #8,793 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #19,380 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #17,334 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #16,569 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #6,651 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #6,673 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #6,192 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #4,571 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #4,502 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #5,025 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #5,074 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,879 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #5,074 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #4,780 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1935 | #4,631 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #5,328 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #4,821 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #4,616 | 6 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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