Girls' name · since 2005
Madalina
Madalina has 125 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,678 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,162 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Madalina currently ranks #14162 among girls' names in America, with 125 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Madalina recorded 125 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #14162 nationally today, ahead of 18% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #24,678 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,162 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 125 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madalina ranks #24,678 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,162 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 125 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,678 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,162 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Madalina's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Madalina compares
125 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Madalina's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madalina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 125 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madalina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Madalina's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Madalina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #14162 among girls.
125 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 15 births in a single year.
Madalina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (77 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Madalina's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Madalina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 77 births (62% of all-time use).
Madalina decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Madalina's data
- Madalina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Madalina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Madalina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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