girl's name

Mafalda

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,728

Mafalda is a girl's name. In 1937 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1925, when 85 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1902.

Mafalda over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 1930s. The striped bar is the 1930s, still in progress — it covers 1930 to 1937, not a full ten years.

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Births named Mafalda by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 18
1910s 444
1920s 674
1930s (to 1937) 143

How popular is Mafalda?

In 1937, Mafalda was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Mafalda is used

United States #2,255 14 in 1937
Canada #3,793 5 in 2018
England & Wales #4,602 5 in 2025
France #6,661 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mafalda

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mafalda also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mafalda over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Mafalda

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mafalda — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mafalda

How popular is the name Mafalda?

In 1937, Mafalda was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Mafalda a girl's or a boy's name?

Mafalda is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mafalda most popular?

Mafalda peaked in 1925, when 85 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Mafalda a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mafalda currently ranks #4,602 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.