Magnum

Peak · boys
1981 · 12 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
272
since 1981

Magnum over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Magnum has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19801990200020102020peak #3,412, 1981boys
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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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rankbirths
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2023#9,7637
2022#12,3305
2021#9,7147
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2018#8,1549
2017#8,8408
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2015#8,7448
2014#7,56210
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2012#8,1589
2011#9,6007
2010#5,25117
2009#6,80212
2008#5,24917
2007#8,9158
2006#9,5857
2005#8,2998
2004#7,5369
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2002#9,3926
2001#7,5368
2000#6,8399
1999#7,8747
1998#8,4796
1997#8,1106
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1995#8,8685
1994#8,8005
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1990#8,1175
1989#7,9055
1988#5,2008
1987#6,0896
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1984#4,9737
1983#4,9077
1982#3,96610
1981#3,41212
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First appearance
1981

The first year at least five boys were named Magnum! It came in at #3,412, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Magnum is popular in 2025

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

See more about Magnum
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 1981 at #3,412 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 112,863
  • Highest: 1 in 112,863 boys born in 2010 were named Magnum (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,368 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,412 in 1981, was only 1 in 149,265 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.9% of all boys named Magnum (84) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s61#3,412 (1981)#5,280
1990s40#7,271 (1991)#8,217
2000s84#5,249 (2008)#7,795
2010s68#5,251 (2010)#8,044
2020s19#9,714 (2021)#10,602

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

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