Maddalena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mad-da-LAY-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Maddalena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Maddalena mean?
Hebrew: Italian form of Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
Mary Magdalene, follower of Jesus, took her byname from Magdala, a town on the Sea of Galilee.
Is Maddalena a girl's or a boy's name?
Maddalena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maddalena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Maddalena, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maddalena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Maddalena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Maddalena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,459th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Maddalena, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had more girls named Maddalena than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Maddalena in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maddalena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Nicknames for Maddalena
Names like Maddalena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Isabella, Ariella, Gabriella, Mia, Ava, Arabella, Sienna, Mila, Maeva, Myla, Safa
Names related to Maddalena
Madalena, Madelaine, Madalina, Madalyn, Madaline, Madaleine, Madalaine, Madalene, Madalynn, Maddilyn, Maddilynn, Maddelyn
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Maddalena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maddalena, updated 20 October 2026.