How rare is the name Migdalia?

8,110 people in the United States have the first name Migdalia, about 1 in 37,242. It ranks #2,850 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MIGDALIA

#2,850

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,110
About
1 in 37,242
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,110 people named Migdalia, 98.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Migdalia peaked in 1961, when 229 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19482025
Peak year
1961
Births that year
229
In 2025*
9 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,303 babies have been given the name since 1948. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Migdalia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,366. The largest share of babies named Migdalia, 49.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1940s#8,11632
1950s#1,5551,156
1960s#1,3661,643
1970s#2,378705
1980s#4,472335
1990s#7,245234
2000s#12,814143
2010s#29,44831
2020s#25,17424
Baby boom 1946–6449.3%
Generation X 1965–8033.7%
Millennials 1981–9611%
Generation Z 1997–125%
2013 and later0.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Migdalia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Migdalia has been most common in New York (8.8×), New Jersey (4.1×), and Connecticut (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.82×).

3,415 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Migdalia

1 other first name also has 8,110 people.

#2,850 Mariaelena · 8,110

Either side of Migdalia

#2,849 Geri · 8,113#2,850 Mariaelena · 8,110#2,852 Candida · 8,104#2,853 Willy · 8,097

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