Mads is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “son of Mads.” In 2024 it was given to 28 boys in the United States.
Mads belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “son of Mads” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Mads first appears in Social Security records in 2011. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3705 in 2021, and in 2024 28 babies received the name — 225 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mads means “son of Mads” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mads is a boy name. In 2024, 28 babies received the name in the US.
Mads comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Mads first appears in US records in 2011. Its best-ever ranking was #3705 in 2021, and 28 babies were given the name in 2024.
Mads is pronounced /mads/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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