Is Mafalda a boy or girl name?

Mafalda is a girl’s name. Of the 1,279 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Mafalda

Recorded 1902–1937 · United States

Mafalda was most popular in 1925, when 85 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,459 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,279 people named Mafalda.

Mafalda over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mafalda’s peak in 1925. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mafalda a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mafalda is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,279 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Mafalda

Where Mafalda is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org