Madalena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-da-LEH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Madalena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Madalena mean?
Hebrew: Portuguese form of Magdalena
“of Magdala”
Honours Mary Magdalene, whose name means 'from Magdala', a town on the Sea of Galilee.
Is Madalena a girl's or a boy's name?
Madalena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madalena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Madalena, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Madalena than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Madalena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Madalena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Madalena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Madalena, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the girls named Madalena in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Madalena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Nicknames for Madalena
- Lena 185 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Madalena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana Isabella Ariella Ava Arabella Mia Mila Sienna Ariana Gabriella Amara Safa
Names related to Madalena
Madelyn Maddalena Madelaine Madalina Madalyn Madaline Madaleine Madalynn Madelin Madelina
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Madalena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madalena, updated 20 October 2026.