Magdalena
Magdalena is ranked 838th among girls in 2024 (321 births). Its best rank was 311th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- #838up 64 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3210.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2007325 births
- Best rank
- #311in 1882
- Since 1880
- 19,446people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,446 girls have been named Magdalena in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 325 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 2000s alone account for 15%. It has spent 136 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Magdalena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 306 | |
| 1890s | 364 | |
| 1900s | 346 | |
| 1910s | 604 | |
| 1920s | 967 | |
| 1930s | 739 | |
| 1940s | 810 | |
| 1950s | 1,287 | |
| 1960s | 1,572 | |
| 1970s | 1,591 | |
| 1980s | 1,668 | |
| 1990s | 2,457 | |
| 2000s | 2,841 | |
| 2010s | 2,444 | |
| 2020s | 1,450 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Magdalena was the 864th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Magdalena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carolinepeak 2000
- Johannapeak 1984
- Lydiapeak 2014
- Coralpeak 2004
- Susannapeak 1958
- Linapeak 2024
- Delilapeak 2008
- Emiliepeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.