Magnolia
#124 for girls in 2025, 2,233 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 2,233 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,403since 1880
Magnolia over time
Rank among girls' names. Magnolia has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #124 | 2,233 |
| 2024 | #138 | 2,155 |
| 2023 | #145 | 1,953 |
| 2022 | #151 | 1,885 |
| 2021 | #140 | 1,966 |
| 2020 | #176 | 1,623 |
| 2019 | #237 | 1,323 |
| 2018 | #314 | 1,048 |
| 2017 | #383 | 816 |
| 2016 | #506 | 618 |
| 2015 | #634 | 450 |
| 2014 | #823 | 336 |
| 2013 | #971 | 259 |
| 2012 | #1,121 | 221 |
| 2011 | #1,244 | 192 |
| 2010 | #1,388 | 166 |
| 2009 | #1,593 | 141 |
| 2008 | #1,605 | 141 |
| 2007 | #1,829 | 116 |
| 2006 | #1,988 | 100 |
| 2005 | #2,379 | 74 |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 |
| 2003 | #2,707 | 58 |
| 2002 | #2,414 | 66 |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 |
| 2000 | #2,190 | 72 |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 |
| 1953 | #1,424 | 47 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,450 | 42 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 |
| 1949 | #1,409 | 43 |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 |
| 1947 | #1,337 | 47 |
| 1946 | #1,208 | 51 |
| 1945 | #1,131 | 48 |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,206 | 45 |
| 1942 | #1,076 | 53 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 |
| 1939 | #1,022 | 48 |
| 1938 | #949 | 56 |
| 1937 | #981 | 51 |
| 1936 | #901 | 57 |
| 1935 | #751 | 81 |
| 1934 | #948 | 53 |
| 1933 | #703 | 85 |
| 1932 | #768 | 77 |
| 1931 | #819 | 69 |
| 1930 | #717 | 94 |
| 1929 | #809 | 76 |
| 1928 | #703 | 100 |
| 1927 | #664 | 117 |
| 1926 | #774 | 87 |
| 1925 | #659 | 125 |
| 1924 | #676 | 121 |
| 1923 | #658 | 127 |
| 1922 | #586 | 150 |
| 1921 | #589 | 151 |
| 1920 | #640 | 127 |
| 1919 | #604 | 136 |
| 1918 | #590 | 146 |
| 1917 | #677 | 102 |
| 1916 | #586 | 131 |
| 1915 | #593 | 120 |
| 1914 | #522 | 115 |
| 1913 | #538 | 89 |
| 1912 | #466 | 104 |
| 1911 | #483 | 73 |
| 1910 | #432 | 85 |
| 1909 | #418 | 77 |
| 1908 | #422 | 73 |
| 1907 | #572 | 41 |
| 1906 | #528 | 43 |
| 1905 | #490 | 47 |
| 1904 | #509 | 42 |
| 1903 | #470 | 46 |
| 1902 | #454 | 48 |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 |
| 1900 | #516 | 43 |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 |
| 1897 | #567 | 28 |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 |
| 1895 | #530 | 31 |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | #491 | 12 |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
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.
Where Magnolia is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#255 · 1 in 1,413
- Arkansas#280 · 1 in 1,738
- Georgia#335 · 1 in 2,887
- South Carolina#380 · 1 in 3,650
- Alabama#405 · 1 in 4,219
Best ever in a state: #29 in Arkansas, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #255 | 16 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Arkansas | #280 | 11 | 1 in 1,738 |
| Georgia | #335 | 11 | 1 in 2,887 |
| South Carolina | #380 | 6 | 1 in 3,650 |
| Alabama | #405 | 7 | 1 in 4,219 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Magnolia
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #124 (2,233 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1938
- Highest: 1 in 720 girls born in 2025 were named Magnolia (0.14%)
- 50.5% of all girls named Magnolia (11,815) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 105 | #491 (1881) | #688 |
| 1890s | 207 | #530 (1895) | #682 |
| 1900s | 479 | #418 (1909) | #513 |
| 1910s | 1,101 | #432 (1910) | #549 |
| 1920s | 1,181 | #586 (1922) | #676 |
| 1930s | 671 | #703 (1933) | #856 |
| 1940s | 499 | #808 (1940) | #1,182 |
| 1950s | 303 | #1,396 (1950) | #2,081 |
| 1960s | 153 | #2,833 (1965) | #3,431 |
| 1970s | 149 | #3,015 (1973) | #4,393 |
| 1980s | 131 | #3,647 (1982) | #5,355 |
| 1990s | 271 | #3,222 (1998) | #4,121 |
| 2000s | 909 | #1,593 (2009) | #2,140 |
| 2010s | 5,429 | #237 (2019) | #762 |
| 2020s | 11,815 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 14,851 of them was named Magnolia, which outranked 83.9% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #802Juana78
- #802Libby78
- #802Marta78
- #808Magnolia77
- #808Augusta77
- #808Berniece77
- #808Charline77
- #817Idella76
- #817Isabella76
- #817Willia76
Tied with 8 names at #808; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.