Magen

Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547

Peak · girls
1985 · 226 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,346
since 1970

Magen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Magen has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #757, 1985girls
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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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2013#16,5475
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2011#13,3477
2010#9,23112
2009#11,4599
2008#6,13022
2007#6,09322
2006#4,68530
2005#4,02935
2004#4,17233
2003#2,84054
2002#3,06947
2001#2,80852
2000#2,48061
1999#2,34363
1998#1,99275
1997#1,70791
1996#1,68590
1995#1,54299
1994#1,425112
1993#1,185146
1992#1,138155
1991#1,044175
1990#875222
1989#930193
1988#872202
1987#861197
1986#845197
1985#757226
1984#979147
1983#1,252100
1982#1,51079
1981#1,75464
1980#1,58373
1979#1,85757
1978#1,80456
1977#1,87753
1976#2,66429
1975#2,35734
1974#5,36010
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1970#6,3627
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First appearance
1970

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.

See more about Magen
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1985 at #757 (226 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1984–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,614
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 44.2% of all girls named Magen (1,478) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s251#1,804 (1978)#3,826
1980s1,478#757 (1985)#1,134
1990s1,228#875 (1990)#1,494
2000s365#2,480 (2000)#4,777
2010s24#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 1970

girls
#6,362
7 births · 1 in 249,735 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #6,362Magen7
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 249,735 of them was named Magen, which outranked 32.0% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Magen
  1. #5,818Yumiko8
  2. #5,818Yvone8
  3. #5,818Yvonna8
  4. #6,362Magen7
  5. #6,362Abbi7
  6. #6,362Abbigail7
  7. #6,362Adel7
  8. #7,070Aaronette6
  9. #7,070Abril6
  10. #7,070Adrean6

Tied with 707 names at #6,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970