Magalene

Peak · girls
1929 · 23 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
511
since 1912

Magalene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Magalene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,642, 1929girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#6,5925
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1960#6,3905
1959#6,2455
1958#6,1035
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1956#4,4678
1955#3,57111
1954#5,1486
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1952#2,92114
1951#4,0118
1950#2,53516
1949#3,39310
1948#2,58915
1947#3,44810
1946#2,31817
1945#2,33914
1944#2,19916
1943#2,69512
1942#2,41614
1941#2,27214
1940#1,96517
1939#2,59211
1938#1,65022
1937#1,84518
1936#2,8579
1935#2,20614
1934#2,18714
1933#3,1098
1932#2,64411
1931#3,2268
1930#2,02317
1929#1,64223
1928#2,28415
1927#1,88521
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1925#2,77812
1924#3,6658
1923#2,16917
1922#2,18617
1921#3,16410
1920#4,3986
1919#2,81311
1918#2,67412
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Magalene! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Magalene is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Magalene in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Magalene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1929 at #1,642 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 48,546
  • Highest: 1 in 48,546 girls born in 1929 were named Magalene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 385,501 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 27.2% of all girls named Magalene (139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s28#2,674 (1918)#2,822
1920s129#1,642 (1929)#2,686
1930s132#1,650 (1938)#2,434
1940s139#1,965 (1940)#2,563
1950s73#2,535 (1950)#4,375
1960s10#6,390 (1960)#6,491

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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