Magnus

#763 for boys in 2025, 337 births

Peak · boys
2017 · 335 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,172
since 1890

Magnus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Magnus has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #719, 2017boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#763337
2024#747343
2023#763338
2022#773327
2021#729354
2020#800290
2019#779299
2018#780295
2017#719335
2016#796296
2015#853263
2014#973215
2013#955209
2012#1,130162
2011#1,159154
2010#1,149161
2009#1,367125
2008#1,133161
2007#1,229143
2006#1,306126
2005#1,323114
2004#1,78570
2003#1,49287
2002#1,59676
2001#1,52779
2000#2,13647
1999#1,99548
1998#2,01247
1997#2,75028
1996#2,91125
1995#4,28014
1994#4,53713
1993#6,2288
1992#5,6609
1991#6,5197
1990#4,16713
1989#5,6158
1988#4,7869
1987#6,0896
1986#4,13010
1985#5,1477
1984#3,70111
1983#5,4846
1982#4,5938
1981#4,1539
1980
1979#4,4038
1978#3,21512
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971#4,9075
1970#4,7245
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964#4,0395
1963
1962#3,6406
1961
1960#3,3377
1959
1958#3,9445
1957
1956#3,9425
1955
1954#3,1767
1953#3,4256
1952#2,8758
1951
1950#2,7708
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945#3,3385
1944
1943#3,2316
1942#2,9407
1941#3,5055
1940
1939#2,6098
1938#2,6468
1937
1936#2,6298
1935
1934#3,2776
1933#3,0047
1932#2,19112
1931#3,0957
1930#2,60910
1929
1928#2,65910
1927#2,29813
1926#2,43612
1925#2,43512
1924#2,13215
1923#1,75320
1922#2,14315
1921#2,26514
1920#1,69421
1919#2,51111
1918#1,90517
1917#1,58721
1916#1,84916
1915#1,70717
1914#1,38819
1913#1,36515
1912
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,1557
1908#1,3735
1907
1906
1905#1,0916
1904
1903
1902#1,0136
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#9546
1893#1,0355
1892
1891#9635
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1890

The first year at least five boys were named Magnus! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Magnus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#747#763)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#800#763)
  • 90 spots since 2015 (#853#763)
  • Biggest jump: 175 spots in 2013 (#1,130#955)
  • Biggest drop: 61 spots in 2018 (#719#780)
Rise & fade · boys
127 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 2017 at #719 (335 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,942
  • Highest: 1 in 4,942 boys born in 2021 were named Magnus (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,068 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #719 in 2017, was only 1 in 5,525 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 38.7% of all boys named Magnus (2,389) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s21#954 (1894)#987
1900s29#1,013 (1902)#1,138
1910s122#1,365 (1913)#1,731
1920s132#1,694 (1920)#2,202
1930s66#2,191 (1932)#2,758
1940s23#2,940 (1942)#3,254
1950s39#2,770 (1950)#3,355
1960s18#3,337 (1960)#3,672
1970s30#3,215 (1978)#4,312
1980s74#3,701 (1984)#4,855
1990s212#1,995 (1999)#4,106
2000s1,028#1,133 (2008)#1,489
2010s2,389#719 (2017)#929
2020s1,989#729 (2021)#763

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Magnus in 1891

boys
#963
5 births · 1 in 20,238 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #963Magnus5
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 20,238 of them was named Magnus, which outranked 14.6% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Magnus
  1. #841Young6
  2. #841Zebulon6
  3. #841Zollie6
  4. #963Magnus5
  5. #963Abb5
  6. #963Abbie5
  7. #963Add5

Tied with 164 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 487Colonel#884#397
  2. 470Mahlon#994#524
  3. 457Hezekiah#884#427
  4. 430Ruby#994#564
  5. 397Essie#994#597
Fallers
  1. 574Pierce#389#963
  2. 505Omar#458#963
  3. 452Benton#511#963
  4. 430Ivory#533#963
  5. 430Pleasant#533#963

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

See the top 100 for 1891