Magdalena
#849 for girls in 2025, 320 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 19 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,773since 1880
Magdalena over time
Rank among girls' names. Magdalena has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #849 | 320 | — | |
| 2024 | #838 | 323 | — | |
| 2023 | #900 | 296 | — | |
| 2022 | #910 | 301 | — | |
| 2021 | #951 | 276 | — | |
| 2020 | #994 | 256 | — | |
| 2019 | #960 | 274 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,044 | 246 | — | |
| 2017 | #948 | 279 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,005 | 263 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,095 | 236 | — | |
| 2014 | #972 | 274 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,126 | 215 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,136 | 216 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,144 | 214 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,082 | 230 | — | |
| 2009 | #980 | 271 | — | |
| 2008 | #895 | 310 | — | |
| 2007 | #862 | 325 | — | |
| 2006 | #900 | 295 | — | |
| 2005 | #806 | 321 | — | |
| 2004 | #805 | 312 | — | |
| 2003 | #903 | 264 | — | |
| 2002 | #967 | 229 | — | |
| 2001 | #846 | 270 | — | |
| 2000 | #895 | 245 | — | |
| 1999 | #884 | 242 | — | |
| 1998 | #808 | 263 | — | |
| 1997 | #740 | 288 | — | |
| 1996 | #813 | 250 | — | |
| 1995 | #768 | 263 | — | |
| 1994 | #775 | 262 | — | |
| 1993 | #764 | 269 | — | |
| 1992 | #897 | 219 | — | |
| 1991 | #977 | 192 | — | |
| 1990 | #916 | 209 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,014 | 169 | — | |
| 1988 | #984 | 168 | — | |
| 1987 | #950 | 170 | — | |
| 1986 | #848 | 196 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,051 | 141 | — | |
| 1984 | #963 | 150 | — | |
| 1983 | #998 | 144 | — | |
| 1982 | #812 | 195 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #893 | 168 | — | |
| 1980 | #902 | 167 | — | |
| 1979 | #854 | 182 | — | |
| 1978 | #952 | 147 | — | |
| 1977 | #867 | 169 | — | |
| 1976 | #853 | 160 | — | |
| 1975 | #809 | 169 | — | |
| 1974 | #841 | 156 | — | |
| 1973 | #795 | 165 | — | |
| 1972 | #958 | 127 | — | |
| 1971 | #854 | 158 | — | |
| 1970 | #853 | 158 | — | |
| 1969 | #836 | 153 | — | |
| 1968 | #956 | 117 | — | |
| 1967 | #876 | 135 | — | |
| 1966 | #813 | 150 | — | |
| 1965 | #764 | 168 | — | |
| 1964 | #801 | 170 | — | |
| 1963 | #829 | 158 | — | |
| 1962 | #761 | 187 | — | |
| 1961 | #805 | 169 | — | |
| 1960 | #804 | 165 | — | |
| 1959 | #823 | 155 | — | |
| 1958 | #858 | 142 | — | |
| 1957 | #910 | 125 | — | |
| 1956 | #840 | 140 | — | |
| 1955 | #844 | 132 | — | |
| 1954 | #859 | 122 | — | |
| 1953 | #837 | 122 | — | |
| 1952 | #857 | 115 | — | |
| 1951 | #741 | 140 | — | |
| 1950 | #913 | 95 | — | |
| 1949 | #823 | 113 | — | |
| 1948 | #785 | 120 | — | |
| 1947 | #926 | 92 | — | |
| 1946 | #961 | 75 | — | |
| 1945 | #979 | 62 | — | |
| 1944 | #982 | 63 | — | |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 | — | |
| 1942 | #979 | 64 | — | |
| 1941 | #851 | 73 | — | |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 | — | |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | — | |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 | — | |
| 1937 | #841 | 67 | — | |
| 1936 | #929 | 54 | — | |
| 1935 | #744 | 82 | — | |
| 1934 | #855 | 64 | — | |
| 1933 | #703 | 85 | — | |
| 1932 | #748 | 81 | — | |
| 1931 | #690 | 93 | — | |
| 1930 | #738 | 90 | — | |
| 1929 | #728 | 92 | — | |
| 1928 | #692 | 102 | — | |
| 1927 | #683 | 112 | — | |
| 1926 | #777 | 86 | — | |
| 1925 | #753 | 96 | — | |
| 1924 | #698 | 113 | — | |
| 1923 | #708 | 106 | — | |
| 1922 | #819 | 80 | — | |
| 1921 | #747 | 96 | — | |
| 1920 | #787 | 84 | — | |
| 1919 | #890 | 62 | — | |
| 1918 | #802 | 79 | — | |
| 1917 | #830 | 68 | — | |
| 1916 | #732 | 85 | — | |
| 1915 | #756 | 76 | — | |
| 1914 | #769 | 56 | — | |
| 1913 | #748 | 49 | — | |
| 1912 | #689 | 53 | — | |
| 1911 | #686 | 40 | — | |
| 1910 | #705 | 36 | — | |
| 1909 | #559 | 47 | — | |
| 1908 | #729 | 28 | — | |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 | — | |
| 1906 | #622 | 33 | — | |
| 1905 | #620 | 32 | — | |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 | — | |
| 1903 | #504 | 40 | — | |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 | — | |
| 1901 | #499 | 37 | — | |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 | — | |
| 1899 | #578 | 28 | — | |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 | — | |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 | — | |
| 1896 | #448 | 42 | — | |
| 1895 | #530 | 31 | — | |
| 1894 | #409 | 46 | — | |
| 1893 | #353 | 58 | — | |
| 1892 | #540 | 26 | — | |
| 1891 | #387 | 41 | — | |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 | — | |
| 1889 | #398 | 37 | — | |
| 1888 | #374 | 41 | — | |
| 1887 | #435 | 26 | — | |
| 1886 | #338 | 40 | — | |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 | — | |
| 1884 | #358 | 31 | — | |
| 1883 | #343 | 27 | — | |
| 1882 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1881 | #374 | 20 | — | |
| 1880 | #375 | 19 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Magdalena was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 21 girls a year got the name.
See more about Magdalena
- 11 spots since 2024 (#838 → #849)
- 145 spots since 2020 (#994 → #849)
- 246 spots since 2015 (#1,095 → #849)
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1986 (#1,051 → #848)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1983 (#812 → #998)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #306 (33 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1880–1984
- Highest: 1 in 3,268 girls born in 1882 were named Magdalena (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,023 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 14.4% of all girls named Magdalena (2,842) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 306 | #306 (1882) | #366 |
| 1890s | 364 | #353 (1893) | #483 |
| 1900s | 346 | #499 (1901) | #600 |
| 1910s | 604 | #686 (1911) | #761 |
| 1920s | 967 | #683 (1927) | #739 |
| 1930s | 739 | #690 (1931) | #804 |
| 1940s | 810 | #785 (1948) | #902 |
| 1950s | 1,288 | #741 (1951) | #848 |
| 1960s | 1,572 | #761 (1962) | #825 |
| 1970s | 1,591 | #795 (1973) | #864 |
| 1980s | 1,668 | #812 (1982) | #942 |
| 1990s | 2,457 | #740 (1997) | #834 |
| 2000s | 2,842 | #805 (2004) | #886 |
| 2010s | 2,447 | #948 (2017) | #1,051 |
| 2020s | 1,772 | #838 (2024) | #907 |
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.
Magdalena in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 8,753 of them was named Magdalena, which outranked 93.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 368,303 of them was named Magdalena, which outranked 14.2% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,109 names at #6,721; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.