Madinah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-DEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Madinah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “city”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Madinah mean?
Arabic
“city”
From Madinah (Medina), the city in Arabia where the Prophet Muhammad settled after leaving Mecca.
Is Madinah a girl's or a boy's name?
Madinah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madinah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,135among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 134% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Madinah, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Madinah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 68 girls in the UK were given Madinah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #580, up from #1,135 for this spelling alone.
- Madina 37
- Madinah 31
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales.
Madinah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Madinah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 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, 14 girls in the US were named Madinah, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Madinah in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were given Madinah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,785, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
- Madina 79
- Madinah 14
Madinah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
Names like Madinah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Aaliyah Safa Zainab Ruqayyah Sumayyah Ayah Aaminah Umaymah Safiya Musfirah Hafsa
Other spellings of Madinah
Names related to Madinah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Madinah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madinah, updated 20 October 2026.