Mafalda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mafalda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,279 babies named Mafalda between 1902 and 1937, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mafalda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mafalda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 674 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mafalda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 331 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Mafalda in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mafalda 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 1,279 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.