Mada — #15293 US girls' name
552 babies named Mada in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Mada was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Mada in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mada
The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Mada between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mada currently holds the #15293 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mada performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Mada shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mada in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mada in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 552 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mada at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Mada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1887
- Peak year (1920)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 138 years of records
Currently ranks #15293 among girls.
552 total births across 138 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 21 births in a single year.
Mada by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 122 births that decade — 22% of Mada's all-time total
Mada decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 119 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Mada's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Mada by state
Where Mada concentrates geographically — total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 2.0% |
11 of 552 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1887–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.