Magdeline

Peak · girls
1918 · 20 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
624
since 1912

Magdeline over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,887, 1918girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2024—
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2022—
2021—
2020#15,0885
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016#16,2155
2015#16,4195
2014—
2013#11,0009
2012#14,9626
2011#16,7645
2010#12,2768
2009#12,4298
2008#12,5798
2007#13,9247
2006#9,90111
2005#7,89114
2004#9,26411
2003#9,67110
2002#10,2469
2001#8,75811
2000#10,7458
1999#10,3458
1998#8,58410
1997—
1996#13,5185
1995#9,5538
1994#9,5868
1993—
1992#8,7349
1991#13,1475
1990#11,4096
1989—
1988—
1987#6,78810
1986#10,9125
1985#10,6775
1984—
1983—
1982#9,2376
1981#9,1106
1980—
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1978—
1977—
1976#9,2845
1975—
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1970—
1969#6,6176
1968#6,2466
1967—
1966#4,4939
1965—
1964#6,7675
1963#5,8916
1962—
1961#6,5675
1960#6,3905
1959#6,2455
1958#5,4086
1957#4,5368
1956#4,8377
1955—
1954—
1953#3,48011
1952—
1951#5,4145
1950—
1949#4,2357
1948—
1947—
1946#4,9605
1945—
1944—
1943#4,6915
1942#4,1246
1941—
1940—
1939#2,41712
1938#3,1818
1937#4,2555
1936—
1935#3,7426
1934#4,2865
1933#2,40412
1932#3,9016
1931#3,2268
1930#2,84510
1929#3,3948
1928#4,1956
1927#3,2849
1926#3,04610
1925#2,93911
1924#2,51414
1923#2,16917
1922#2,47914
1921#2,63313
1920#2,59013
1919#2,64012
1918#1,88720
1917#2,20415
1916#2,24614
1915#2,14314
1914#2,8767
1913#3,1875
1912#2,3607
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Magdeline! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1936–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Magdeline is popular in 2025

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

See more about Magdeline
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1918 at #1,887 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1926, 8 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 57,882
  • Highest: 1 in 57,882 girls born in 1918 were named Magdeline (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.4% of all girls named Magdeline (115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s94#1,887 (1918)#2,443
1920s115#2,169 (1923)#2,924
1930s72#2,404 (1933)#3,362
1940s23#4,124 (1942)#4,503
1950s42#3,480 (1953)#4,987
1960s42#4,493 (1966)#6,139
1970s5#9,284 (1976)#9,284
1980s32#6,788 (1987)#9,345
1990s59#8,584 (1998)#10,610
2000s97#7,891 (2005)#10,541
2010s38#11,000 (2013)#14,606
2020s5#15,088 (2020)#15,088

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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