Girls' name · since 1977
Madinah
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 263 babies named Madinah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,110 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,613 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 263
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
263 babies have been named Madinah since 1977, making it today's #7613 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Madinah recorded 263 times among girls since 1977, holding rank #7613 nationally today, ahead of 56% 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 1977 to 2025.
- #17,110 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,613 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 263 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madinah ranks #17,110 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,613 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 263 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,110 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,613 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 263
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Madinah's 263 recorded births place it above 76.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Madinah compares
263 42nd 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
Madinah's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madinah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 263 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madinah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Madinah's full recorded timeline at 2005, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Madinah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Madinah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Madinah's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Madinah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Madinah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- 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 Madinah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Madinah 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.