Madalina
Madalina is a name with a single cultural origin: Romanian.
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Madalina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Madalina is a name with a single cultural origin: Romanian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
The Story of Madalina
The earliest SSA record of Madalina as a baby girl name dates back to 2005, when 5 babies received it. 2017 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Madalina — #7,438 in the national rankings. About 65% of every Madalina on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Madalina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 119 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Madalina
Madalina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 119 births in the dataset. Madalina's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #7,438. Use the chart and map above to compare Madalina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.