Magdalene
#1,341 for girls in 2025, 165 births
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 56 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,994since 1880
Magdalene over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Magdalene 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 | #1,341 | 165 |
| 2024 | #1,414 | 158 |
| 2023 | #1,524 | 140 |
| 2022 | #1,720 | 121 |
| 2021 | #2,103 | 90 |
| 2020 | #1,769 | 112 |
| 2019 | #2,109 | 89 |
| 2018 | #1,692 | 122 |
| 2017 | #1,863 | 109 |
| 2016 | #1,580 | 140 |
| 2015 | #1,793 | 116 |
| 2014 | #1,602 | 134 |
| 2013 | #1,675 | 126 |
| 2012 | #1,973 | 99 |
| 2011 | #1,874 | 107 |
| 2010 | #1,847 | 110 |
| 2009 | #1,956 | 106 |
| 2008 | #2,032 | 102 |
| 2007 | #2,101 | 96 |
| 2006 | #1,809 | 113 |
| 2005 | #1,719 | 115 |
| 2004 | #2,044 | 89 |
| 2003 | #1,970 | 92 |
| 2002 | #2,379 | 67 |
| 2001 | #2,048 | 82 |
| 2000 | #1,900 | 89 |
| 1999 | #1,999 | 78 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 |
| 1997 | #2,158 | 64 |
| 1996 | #1,881 | 77 |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,376 | 26 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 |
| 1959 | #1,918 | 34 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 |
| 1956 | #1,598 | 44 |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,288 | 57 |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 |
| 1950 | #1,212 | 58 |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 |
| 1948 | #1,250 | 53 |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 |
| 1945 | #1,142 | 47 |
| 1944 | #867 | 77 |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 |
| 1942 | #902 | 75 |
| 1941 | #871 | 70 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 |
| 1939 | #891 | 62 |
| 1938 | #775 | 81 |
| 1937 | #824 | 69 |
| 1936 | #702 | 90 |
| 1935 | #641 | 103 |
| 1934 | #648 | 107 |
| 1933 | #603 | 116 |
| 1932 | #629 | 113 |
| 1931 | #596 | 123 |
| 1930 | #564 | 146 |
| 1929 | #661 | 111 |
| 1928 | #570 | 154 |
| 1927 | #632 | 127 |
| 1926 | #607 | 137 |
| 1925 | #616 | 141 |
| 1924 | #557 | 172 |
| 1923 | #491 | 199 |
| 1922 | #563 | 161 |
| 1921 | #540 | 174 |
| 1920 | #520 | 182 |
| 1919 | #507 | 178 |
| 1918 | #499 | 185 |
| 1917 | #485 | 183 |
| 1916 | #529 | 156 |
| 1915 | #505 | 151 |
| 1914 | #484 | 130 |
| 1913 | #600 | 74 |
| 1912 | #518 | 87 |
| 1911 | #489 | 71 |
| 1910 | #560 | 54 |
| 1909 | #473 | 63 |
| 1908 | #629 | 37 |
| 1907 | #521 | 47 |
| 1906 | #602 | 35 |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 |
| 1904 | #430 | 56 |
| 1903 | #565 | 33 |
| 1902 | #537 | 36 |
| 1901 | #591 | 28 |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 |
| 1899 | #606 | 26 |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 |
| 1897 | #584 | 27 |
| 1896 | #565 | 29 |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 |
| 1894 | #535 | 29 |
| 1893 | #455 | 34 |
| 1892 | #453 | 36 |
| 1891 | #440 | 33 |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 |
| 1889 | #641 | 16 |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 |
| 1885 | #470 | 20 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Magdalene was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
See more about Magdalene
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 73 spots since 2024 (#1,414 → #1,341)
- 428 spots since 2020 (#1,769 → #1,341)
- 452 spots since 2015 (#1,793 → #1,341)
- Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1885 (#731 → #470)
- Biggest drop: 275 spots in 1945 (#867 → #1,142)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #430 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 58 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,917
- Highest: 1 in 4,917 girls born in 1904 were named Magdalene (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,741 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 15.6% of all girls named Magdalene (1,558) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 146 | #447 (1881) | #557 |
| 1890s | 282 | #440 (1891) | #552 |
| 1900s | 402 | #430 (1904) | #556 |
| 1910s | 1,269 | #484 (1914) | #518 |
| 1920s | 1,558 | #491 (1923) | #576 |
| 1930s | 1,010 | #564 (1930) | #687 |
| 1940s | 619 | #808 (1940) | #1,056 |
| 1950s | 457 | #1,212 (1950) | #1,532 |
| 1960s | 273 | #2,131 (1963) | #2,333 |
| 1970s | 220 | #2,680 (1975) | #3,247 |
| 1980s | 339 | #2,195 (1986) | #2,837 |
| 1990s | 530 | #1,881 (1996) | #2,565 |
| 2000s | 951 | #1,719 (2005) | #1,996 |
| 2010s | 1,152 | #1,580 (2016) | #1,801 |
| 2020s | 786 | #1,341 (2025) | #1,645 |
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.
Magdalene in 1904
girls
#430
56 births · 1 in 4,917 girls
Top girls' names in 1904
More about 1904
girls
275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 4,917 of them was named Magdalene, which outranked 80.1% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).