Migdalia
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Meaning
a Spanish name from Hebrew migdal, tower, tied to the village Magdala and the name Magdalena
How popular is Migdalia around the world?
In the United States, 24 babies were named Migdalia between 2020 and 2025. In Spain, 220 residents are named Migdalia, ranked 4,153rd among women, with a mean age of 59.8 years.
Migdalia is on the official records of the United States, Spain and Brazil.
United States
1 in 910,000
In the United States, 24 babies were named Migdalia between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Migdalia peaked in the 1960s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Spain
1 in 200,000
In Spain, 220 residents are named Migdalia, ranked 4,153rd among women, with a mean age of 59.8 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 54 people in Brazil were named Migdalia, ranked 63,204th, with a median age of 53.
Among people named Migdalia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Puerto Rico
last on record 2000
Migdalia is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 5 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Migdalia
Most people given the name Migdalia in the United States were born between 1950 and 1979. The Migdalia you meet today is most often in her 50s or 60s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Migdalia deep dive
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