Magdelene

Peak · girls
1922 · 13 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
153
since 1913

Magdelene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Magdelene has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #2,612, 1922girls
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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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1944#4,5745
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1934#4,2865
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1929#3,6827
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1922#2,61213
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Magdelene! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Magdelene is popular in 2025

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

See more about Magdelene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1922 at #2,612 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1923, 1 yr 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 92,385
  • Highest: 1 in 92,385 girls born in 1922 were named Magdelene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 47.7% of all girls named Magdelene (73) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s27#2,688 (1915)#3,640
1920s73#2,612 (1922)#3,750
1930s15#4,218 (1933)#4,305
1940s16#4,124 (1942)#4,463
1950s0——
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1990s10#14,122 (1998)#14,267
2000s6#13,154 (2000)#13,154
2010s6#14,558 (2014)#14,558

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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