Medina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- me-DEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Medina is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “city”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Medina mean?
Arabic
“city”
From Medina, city of the Prophet in Arabia; also a Spanish surname from the same Arabic word.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Medina a girl's or a boy's name?
Medina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Medina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 945th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Medina, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 47 girls.
Half of all the girls named Medina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.
Medina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 47 | #840 |
| 2023 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2022 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Medina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Medina, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had fewer girls named Medina than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Medina in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Medina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,798 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
Names like Medina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija, Amira, Safa, Halima, Hafsa, Hiba, Aisha, Aaliyah, Madiha, Maliha, Zainab, Maya
Names related to Medina
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Medina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/medina, updated 20 October 2026.