Magnolia

#124 for girls in 2025, 2,233 births

Peak · girls
2025 · 2,233 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,403
since 1880

Magnolia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Magnolia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1242,233
2024#1382,155
2023#1451,953
2022#1511,885
2021#1401,966
2020#1761,623
2019#2371,323
2018#3141,048
2017#383816
2016#506618
2015#634450
2014#823336
2013#971259
2012#1,121221
2011#1,244192
2010#1,388166
2009#1,593141
2008#1,605141
2007#1,829116
2006#1,988100
2005#2,37974
2004#2,52666
2003#2,70758
2002#2,41466
2001#2,17175
2000#2,19072
1999#3,63933
1998#3,22238
1997#3,71630
1996#3,36134
1995#4,09925
1994#3,70429
1993#3,77628
1992#5,05119
1991#4,80820
1990#5,83515
1989#5,54515
1988#7,11110
1987
1986#4,34718
1985#8,3187
1984#4,47816
1983#5,45712
1982#3,64722
1981#4,96314
1980#4,32717
1979#4,84214
1978#3,19624
1977#4,06917
1976#4,36314
1975#3,77417
1974#5,01111
1973#3,01522
1972#4,30013
1971#5,5439
1970#5,8188
1969#4,72310
1968#4,22211
1967#3,34015
1966#3,95911
1965#2,83319
1964#2,91519
1963#2,86419
1962#2,92218
1961#2,83919
1960#3,68812
1959#4,03110
1958#2,26025
1957#2,27624
1956#2,00529
1955#2,06327
1954#2,12225
1953#1,42447
1952#1,78131
1951#1,45042
1950#1,39643
1949#1,40943
1948#1,37045
1947#1,33747
1946#1,20851
1945#1,13148
1944#1,20543
1943#1,20645
1942#1,07653
1941#1,06547
1940#80877
1939#1,02248
1938#94956
1937#98151
1936#90157
1935#75181
1934#94853
1933#70385
1932#76877
1931#81969
1930#71794
1929#80976
1928#703100
1927#664117
1926#77487
1925#659125
1924#676121
1923#658127
1922#586150
1921#589151
1920#640127
1919#604136
1918#590146
1917#677102
1916#586131
1915#593120
1914#522115
1913#53889
1912#466104
1911#48373
1910#43285
1909#41877
1908#42273
1907#57241
1906#52843
1905#49047
1904#50942
1903#47046
1902#45448
1901#74719
1900#51643
1899#68021
1898#65025
1897#56728
1896#62125
1895#53031
1894#74416
1893#59423
1892#79614
1891#69515
1890#9409
1889#62017
1888#69014
1887#73310
1886#57215
1885#9216
1884#7938
1883#6928
1882#7407
1881#49112
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Magnolia was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Magnolia
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#138#124)
  • 52 spots since 2020 (#176#124)
  • 510 spots since 2015 (#634#124)
  • Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1886 (#921#572)
  • Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1890 (#620#940)
Rise & fade · girls
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #124 (2,233 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1938
Share of babies · girls
1 in 720
  • Highest: 1 in 720 girls born in 2025 were named Magnolia (0.14%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 50.5% of all girls named Magnolia (11,815) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s105#491 (1881)#688
1890s207#530 (1895)#682
1900s479#418 (1909)#513
1910s1,101#432 (1910)#549
1920s1,181#586 (1922)#676
1930s671#703 (1933)#856
1940s499#808 (1940)#1,182
1950s303#1,396 (1950)#2,081
1960s153#2,833 (1965)#3,431
1970s149#3,015 (1973)#4,393
1980s131#3,647 (1982)#5,355
1990s271#3,222 (1998)#4,121
2000s909#1,593 (2009)#2,140
2010s5,429#237 (2019)#762
2020s11,815#124 (2025)#146

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.

Magnolia in 1898

girls
#650
25 births · 1 in 10,351 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #650Magnolia25
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 10,351 of them was named Magnolia, which outranked 67.1% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Magnolia
  1. #631Myrtis26
  2. #631Petra26
  3. #631Rosalind26
  4. #650Magnolia25
  5. #650Amalia25
  6. #650Ara25
  7. #650Audie25
  8. #666Carolina24
  9. #666Dottie24
  10. #666Elta24

Tied with 15 names at #650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. 958Manila#1,263#305
  2. 889Ouida#1,555#666
  3. 858Ula#1,555#697
  4. 836Sofia#1,555#719
  5. 715Leonor#1,555#840
Fallers
  1. 833Vertie#867#1,700
  2. 821Fae#681#1,502
  3. 805Beda#895#1,700
  4. 805Nolia#895#1,700
  5. 769Azzie#931#1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898