Madelena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Madelena

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Madelena between 1973 and 2022, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Madelena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Madelena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Madelena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Madelena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Madelena 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 190 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.