Magdalena
#849 for girls in 2025, 320 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 19 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,773since 1880
Magdalena over time
Rank among girls' names. Magdalena has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #849 | 320 | — | |
| 2024 | #838 | 323 | — | |
| 2023 | #900 | 296 | — | |
| 2022 | #910 | 301 | — | |
| 2021 | #951 | 276 | — | |
| 2020 | #994 | 256 | — | |
| 2019 | #960 | 274 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,044 | 246 | — | |
| 2017 | #948 | 279 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,005 | 263 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,095 | 236 | — | |
| 2014 | #972 | 274 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,126 | 215 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,136 | 216 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,144 | 214 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,082 | 230 | — | |
| 2009 | #980 | 271 | — | |
| 2008 | #895 | 310 | — | |
| 2007 | #862 | 325 | — | |
| 2006 | #900 | 295 | — | |
| 2005 | #806 | 321 | — | |
| 2004 | #805 | 312 | — | |
| 2003 | #903 | 264 | — | |
| 2002 | #967 | 229 | — | |
| 2001 | #846 | 270 | — | |
| 2000 | #895 | 245 | — | |
| 1999 | #884 | 242 | — | |
| 1998 | #808 | 263 | — | |
| 1997 | #740 | 288 | — | |
| 1996 | #813 | 250 | — | |
| 1995 | #768 | 263 | — | |
| 1994 | #775 | 262 | — | |
| 1993 | #764 | 269 | — | |
| 1992 | #897 | 219 | — | |
| 1991 | #977 | 192 | — | |
| 1990 | #916 | 209 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,014 | 169 | — | |
| 1988 | #984 | 168 | — | |
| 1987 | #950 | 170 | — | |
| 1986 | #848 | 196 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,051 | 141 | — | |
| 1984 | #963 | 150 | — | |
| 1983 | #998 | 144 | — | |
| 1982 | #812 | 195 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #893 | 168 | — | |
| 1980 | #902 | 167 | — | |
| 1979 | #854 | 182 | — | |
| 1978 | #952 | 147 | — | |
| 1977 | #867 | 169 | — | |
| 1976 | #853 | 160 | — | |
| 1975 | #809 | 169 | — | |
| 1974 | #841 | 156 | — | |
| 1973 | #795 | 165 | — | |
| 1972 | #958 | 127 | — | |
| 1971 | #854 | 158 | — | |
| 1970 | #853 | 158 | — | |
| 1969 | #836 | 153 | — | |
| 1968 | #956 | 117 | — | |
| 1967 | #876 | 135 | — | |
| 1966 | #813 | 150 | — | |
| 1965 | #764 | 168 | — | |
| 1964 | #801 | 170 | — | |
| 1963 | #829 | 158 | — | |
| 1962 | #761 | 187 | — | |
| 1961 | #805 | 169 | — | |
| 1960 | #804 | 165 | — | |
| 1959 | #823 | 155 | — | |
| 1958 | #858 | 142 | — | |
| 1957 | #910 | 125 | — | |
| 1956 | #840 | 140 | — | |
| 1955 | #844 | 132 | — | |
| 1954 | #859 | 122 | — | |
| 1953 | #837 | 122 | — | |
| 1952 | #857 | 115 | — | |
| 1951 | #741 | 140 | — | |
| 1950 | #913 | 95 | — | |
| 1949 | #823 | 113 | — | |
| 1948 | #785 | 120 | — | |
| 1947 | #926 | 92 | — | |
| 1946 | #961 | 75 | — | |
| 1945 | #979 | 62 | — | |
| 1944 | #982 | 63 | — | |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 | — | |
| 1942 | #979 | 64 | — | |
| 1941 | #851 | 73 | — | |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 | — | |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | — | |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 | — | |
| 1937 | #841 | 67 | — | |
| 1936 | #929 | 54 | — | |
| 1935 | #744 | 82 | — | |
| 1934 | #855 | 64 | — | |
| 1933 | #703 | 85 | — | |
| 1932 | #748 | 81 | — | |
| 1931 | #690 | 93 | — | |
| 1930 | #738 | 90 | — | |
| 1929 | #728 | 92 | — | |
| 1928 | #692 | 102 | — | |
| 1927 | #683 | 112 | — | |
| 1926 | #777 | 86 | — | |
| 1925 | #753 | 96 | — | |
| 1924 | #698 | 113 | — | |
| 1923 | #708 | 106 | — | |
| 1922 | #819 | 80 | — | |
| 1921 | #747 | 96 | — | |
| 1920 | #787 | 84 | — | |
| 1919 | #890 | 62 | — | |
| 1918 | #802 | 79 | — | |
| 1917 | #830 | 68 | — | |
| 1916 | #732 | 85 | — | |
| 1915 | #756 | 76 | — | |
| 1914 | #769 | 56 | — | |
| 1913 | #748 | 49 | — | |
| 1912 | #689 | 53 | — | |
| 1911 | #686 | 40 | — | |
| 1910 | #705 | 36 | — | |
| 1909 | #559 | 47 | — | |
| 1908 | #729 | 28 | — | |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 | — | |
| 1906 | #622 | 33 | — | |
| 1905 | #620 | 32 | — | |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 | — | |
| 1903 | #504 | 40 | — | |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 | — | |
| 1901 | #499 | 37 | — | |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 | — | |
| 1899 | #578 | 28 | — | |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 | — | |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 | — | |
| 1896 | #448 | 42 | — | |
| 1895 | #530 | 31 | — | |
| 1894 | #409 | 46 | — | |
| 1893 | #353 | 58 | — | |
| 1892 | #540 | 26 | — | |
| 1891 | #387 | 41 | — | |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 | — | |
| 1889 | #398 | 37 | — | |
| 1888 | #374 | 41 | — | |
| 1887 | #435 | 26 | — | |
| 1886 | #338 | 40 | — | |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 | — | |
| 1884 | #358 | 31 | — | |
| 1883 | #343 | 27 | — | |
| 1882 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1881 | #374 | 20 | — | |
| 1880 | #375 | 19 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Magdalena was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 21 girls a year got the name.
Where Magdalena is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#501 · 1 in 3,483
- Illinois#514 · 1 in 3,820
- California#553 · 1 in 3,841
- New York#914 · 1 in 8,605
Best ever in a state: #69 in New Mexico, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #501 | 37 | 1 in 3,483 |
| Illinois | #514 | 19 | 1 in 3,820 |
| California | #553 | 56 | 1 in 3,841 |
| New York | #914 | 13 | 1 in 8,605 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Magdalena
- 11 spots since 2024 (#838 → #849)
- 145 spots since 2020 (#994 → #849)
- 246 spots since 2015 (#1,095 → #849)
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1986 (#1,051 → #848)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1983 (#812 → #998)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #306 (33 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1880–1984
- Highest: 1 in 3,268 girls born in 1882 were named Magdalena (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,023 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 14.4% of all girls named Magdalena (2,842) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 306 | #306 (1882) | #366 |
| 1890s | 364 | #353 (1893) | #483 |
| 1900s | 346 | #499 (1901) | #600 |
| 1910s | 604 | #686 (1911) | #761 |
| 1920s | 967 | #683 (1927) | #739 |
| 1930s | 739 | #690 (1931) | #804 |
| 1940s | 810 | #785 (1948) | #902 |
| 1950s | 1,288 | #741 (1951) | #848 |
| 1960s | 1,572 | #761 (1962) | #825 |
| 1970s | 1,591 | #795 (1973) | #864 |
| 1980s | 1,668 | #812 (1982) | #942 |
| 1990s | 2,457 | #740 (1997) | #834 |
| 2000s | 2,842 | #805 (2004) | #886 |
| 2010s | 2,447 | #948 (2017) | #1,051 |
| 2020s | 1,772 | #838 (2024) | #907 |
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.
Magdalena in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 10,227 of them was named Magdalena, which outranked 92.8% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).