Migdalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mig-DAH-lee-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Migdalia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “tower”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Migdalia mean?
Hebrew: Spanish name, probably from Hebrew migdal
“tower”
Used mainly in Puerto Rico; it probably shares the Hebrew root migdal with Magdalene.
Is Migdalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Migdalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Migdalia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Migdalia, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 229 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had more girls named Migdalia than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Migdalia in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
Migdalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,155 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 70 | #1,538 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,714 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,655 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,563 |
| 1973 | 81 | #1,276 |
| 1972 | 91 | #1,181 |
| 1971 | 87 | #1,266 |
| 1970 | 116 | #1,052 |
| 1969 | 117 | #1,000 |
| 1968 | 134 | #887 |
| 1967 | 161 | #779 |
| 1966 | 152 | #803 |
| 1965 | 139 | #846 |
| 1964 | 140 | #876 |
| 1963 | 170 | #796 |
| 1962 | 183 | #767 |
| 1961 | 229 | #688 |
| 1960 | 213 | #697 |
| 1959 | 226 | #665 |
| 1958 | 170 | #765 |
| 1957 | 154 | #817 |
| 1956 | 140 | #839 |
| 1955 | 129 | #852 |
| 1954 | 93 | #1,013 |
| 1953 | 84 | #1,053 |
| 1952 | 83 | #1,027 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,395 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,652 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
Names like Migdalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria, Victoria, Melissa, Alicia, Mia, Rebecca, Angela, Michelle, Lisa, Mara, Marla, Monica
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, 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, “Migdalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/migdalia, updated 20 October 2026.