Migdalia

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,948
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1959 · 226 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,298
since 1948

Migdalia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Migdalia has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #665, 1959girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012#11,2579—
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2010#13,4487—
2009#8,88813—
2008#8,52914—
2007#10,12911—
2006#8,23714—
2005#5,11325—
2004#9,26411—
2003#9,04811—
2002#7,81613—
2001#6,32217—
2000#7,15814—
1999#5,03921—
1998#6,36015—
1997#4,66022—
1996#6,39214—
1995#5,22118—
1994#4,52122—
1993#3,77628—
1992#3,41932—
1991#3,30133—
1990#3,62329—
1989#3,47729—
1988#4,01522—
1987#3,25728—
1986#3,13529—
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1984#2,42139—
1983#2,15645—
1982#2,64535—
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1974#1,56361—
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1968#887134—
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1966#803152#3,9485
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five girls were named Migdalia! It came in at #2,828, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2011, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Migdalia is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #485 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,298 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedMINew York: #251 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 1,720 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #441 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,958 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Migdalia, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#251 · 1 in 1,720
  2. New Jersey#441 · 1 in 5,958
  3. Illinois#485 · 1 in 6,298

Best ever in a state: #192 in New York, 1961.

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See more about Migdalia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,054 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #10,107)
  • 983 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 161 spots in 1955 (#1,014 → #853)
  • Biggest drop: 113 spots in 1969 (#887 → #1,000)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1959 at #665 (226 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1955–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,814
  • Highest: 1 in 8,814 girls born in 1961 were named Migdalia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #665 in 1959, was only 1 in 8,953 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 38.1% of all girls named Migdalia (1,638) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s32#2,274 (1949)#2,551
1950s1,156#665 (1959)#1,009
1960s1,638#688 (1961)#814
1970s705#1,052 (1970)#1,574
1980s335#2,156 (1983)#2,906
1990s234#3,301 (1991)#4,631
2000s143#5,113 (2005)#8,050
2010s31#11,257 (2012)#12,368
2020s24#10,107 (2025)#11,119

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Migdalia in 1955

girls
#853
129 births · 1 in 15,157 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #853Migdalia129
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 15,157 of them was named Migdalia, which outranked 87.3% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Migdalia
  1. #850Charleen130
  2. #850Josefina130
  3. #850Ola130
  4. #853Migdalia129
  5. #853Amber129
  6. #853Carlotta129
  7. #853Consuelo129
  8. #858Corine128
  9. #858Glinda128
  10. #858Kandy128

Tied with 4 names at #853; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955 →