Madina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-DEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #996 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,298 for girls
Madina is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “city”. In 2025 it ranked 996th for girls in the UK (37 babies) and 2,298th for girls in the US (79 babies).
What does Madina mean?
Arabic
“city”
From Medina, the city in Arabia where the Prophet Muhammad settled after leaving Mecca.
Is Madina a girl's or a boy's name?
Madina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the UK and 79 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #996among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 7,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were named Madina, making it the 996th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 42 girls.
Half of all the girls named Madina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 68 girls in the UK were given Madina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #580, up from #996 for this spelling alone.
- Madina 37
- Madinah 31
Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales.
Madina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #996 |
| 2024 | 42 | #907 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 38 | #993 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 37 | #1,025 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Madina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,298among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the US were named Madina, making it the 2,298th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,500th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Madina in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were given Madina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,785, up from #2,298 for this spelling alone.
- Madina 79
- Madinah 14
Madina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,298 |
| 2024 | 85 | #2,218 |
| 2023 | 85 | #2,210 |
| 2022 | 82 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,500 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,646 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,594 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 47 | #3,406 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Madina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Khadija Hafsa Hiba Aaliyah Abeeha Zainab Halima Maliha Rahma Safiya
Other spellings of Madina
Names related to Madina
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Madina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madina, updated 20 October 2026.