# Medina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/medina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Madinah |
| US babies named this | 1,987 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,987 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 588, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Medina.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,326 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,568 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,307 |
| 2014 | 42 | 3,698 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,245 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,232 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,967 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,825 |
| 2019 | 42 | 3,649 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,135 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,917 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,062 |
| 2023 | 55 | 3,039 |
| 2024 | 60 | 2,813 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,138 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,483 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,291 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,452 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,184 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 39 | 901 |
| 2022 | 34 | 1,006 |
| 2023 | 35 | 981 |
| 2024 | 47 | 795 |
| 2025 | 39 | 894 |

## People named Medina

- Medina Dixon, American basketball player (1962–2021)
- Medina Eisa, Ethiopian track and field athlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.