Magdalen
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · girls
- 1887 · 20 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,267since 1880
Magdalen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Magdalen has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 |
| 2006 | #3,224 | 51 |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 |
| 2001 | #3,316 | 41 |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,084 | 46 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 |
| 1924 | #914 | 69 |
| 1923 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1922 | #962 | 60 |
| 1921 | #928 | 64 |
| 1920 | #787 | 84 |
| 1919 | #890 | 62 |
| 1918 | #832 | 74 |
| 1917 | #866 | 63 |
| 1916 | #729 | 87 |
| 1915 | #689 | 92 |
| 1914 | #726 | 62 |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 |
| 1912 | #735 | 46 |
| 1911 | #811 | 28 |
| 1910 | #781 | 30 |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 |
| 1908 | #755 | 26 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 |
| 1902 | #623 | 28 |
| 1901 | #559 | 30 |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 |
| 1899 | #606 | 26 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #565 | 28 |
| 1894 | #516 | 31 |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 |
| 1887 | #499 | 20 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 |
| 1883 | #561 | 12 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Magdalen was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Magdalen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 3,138 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #7,133)
- 79 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #7,133)
- 2,408 spots since 2015 (#4,725 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1908 (#1,092 → #755)
- Biggest drop: 376 spots in 1907 (#716 → #1,092)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #499 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1882–1906
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,191
- Highest: 1 in 7,191 girls born in 1894 were named Magdalen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #499 in 1887, was only 1 in 7,299 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 17.7% of all girls named Magdalen (579) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | #499 (1887) | #713 |
| 1890s | 219 | #516 (1894) | #644 |
| 1900s | 228 | #559 (1901) | #778 |
| 1910s | 579 | #689 (1915) | #796 |
| 1920s | 548 | #787 (1920) | #1,040 |
| 1930s | 252 | #1,084 (1930) | #1,558 |
| 1940s | 154 | #1,592 (1942) | #2,495 |
| 1950s | 138 | #2,016 (1951) | #3,240 |
| 1960s | 77 | #3,608 (1961) | #5,323 |
| 1970s | 55 | #5,580 (1973) | #6,910 |
| 1980s | 95 | #5,077 (1985) | #7,223 |
| 1990s | 186 | #3,505 (1996) | #5,551 |
| 2000s | 339 | #3,224 (2006) | #4,252 |
| 2010s | 230 | #4,632 (2016) | #5,858 |
| 2020s | 73 | #7,133 (2025) | #8,672 |
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.
Magdalen in 1916
girls
#729
87 births · 1 in 12,004 girls
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 12,004 of them was named Magdalen, which outranked 85.9% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).