Magen
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 226 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,346since 1970
Magen over time
Rank among girls' names. Magen has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 |
| 2002 | #3,069 | 47 |
| 2001 | #2,808 | 52 |
| 2000 | #2,480 | 61 |
| 1999 | #2,343 | 63 |
| 1998 | #1,992 | 75 |
| 1997 | #1,707 | 91 |
| 1996 | #1,685 | 90 |
| 1995 | #1,542 | 99 |
| 1994 | #1,425 | 112 |
| 1993 | #1,185 | 146 |
| 1992 | #1,138 | 155 |
| 1991 | #1,044 | 175 |
| 1990 | #875 | 222 |
| 1989 | #930 | 193 |
| 1988 | #872 | 202 |
| 1987 | #861 | 197 |
| 1986 | #845 | 197 |
| 1985 | #757 | 226 |
| 1984 | #979 | 147 |
| 1983 | #1,252 | 100 |
| 1982 | #1,510 | 79 |
| 1981 | #1,754 | 64 |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 |
| 1979 | #1,857 | 57 |
| 1978 | #1,804 | 56 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Magen! It came in at #6,362, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Magen is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#293 · 1 in 1,751
- Louisiana#344 · 1 in 2,024
- Mississippi#346 · 1 in 1,900
- Oklahoma#372 · 1 in 2,240
- Tennessee#443 · 1 in 3,527
Best ever in a state: #180 in Arkansas, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #293 | 7 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Louisiana | #344 | 13 | 1 in 2,024 |
| Mississippi | #346 | 7 | 1 in 1,900 |
| Oklahoma | #372 | 8 | 1 in 2,240 |
| Tennessee | #443 | 8 | 1 in 3,527 |
| Alabama | #471 | 6 | 1 in 3,589 |
| Kentucky | #481 | 5 | 1 in 4,177 |
| Indiana | #578 | 6 | 1 in 5,353 |
| Texas | #636 | 26 | 1 in 4,956 |
| Missouri | #638 | 5 | 1 in 6,249 |
| Georgia | #639 | 7 | 1 in 5,599 |
| North Carolina | #674 | 6 | 1 in 6,210 |
| Virginia | #724 | 5 | 1 in 6,948 |
| Florida | #979 | 7 | 1 in 9,917 |
| Michigan | #981 | 5 | 1 in 11,594 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 12,097 |
| New York | #1,293 | 8 | 1 in 13,983 |
| California | #1,301 | 15 | 1 in 14,341 |
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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 Magen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 273 spots in 1984 (#1,252 → #979)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1991 (#875 → #1,044)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1985 at #757 (226 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1984–1990
- Highest: 1 in 7,614 girls born in 1985 were named Magen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 350,949 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 44.2% of all girls named Magen (1,478) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 251 | #1,804 (1978) | #3,826 |
| 1980s | 1,478 | #757 (1985) | #1,134 |
| 1990s | 1,228 | #875 (1990) | #1,494 |
| 2000s | 365 | #2,480 (2000) | #4,777 |
| 2010s | 24 | #9,231 (2010) | #13,042 |
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.
Magen in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
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1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 8,826 of them was named Magen, which outranked 93.5% 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).
- #858Delia199
- #858Samatha199
- #860Latosha198
- #861Magen197
- #861Arianna197
- #861Jenelle197
- #861John197
- #866Caryn196
- #866Kia196
- #866Kirstin196
Tied with 4 names at #861; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.