Madelena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mad-uh-LAY-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Madelena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Madelena mean?
Hebrew: form of Magdalena, from Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
Form of Magdalena, the Latin form of Magdalene, from Mary Magdalene, the follower of Jesus who came from Magdala.
Is Madelena a girl's or a boy's name?
Madelena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madelena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Madelena, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Madelena in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Madelena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Nicknames for Madelena
Names like Madelena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella Eliana Mariama Magdalena Elianna Ariella Ariana Mariana Mariella Ximena Xiomara Mckenna
Names related to Madelena
Madelyn Madeline Madeleine Madelynn Madelyne Madelin Madelaine Madelynne
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Madelena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madelena, updated 20 October 2026.