Magda
Magda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196676 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1888
- 2,860people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,860 girls have been named Magda in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 76 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Magda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1910s | 32 | |
| 1920s | 26 | |
| 1930s | 47 | |
| 1940s | 88 | |
| 1950s | 290 | |
| 1960s | 538 | |
| 1970s | 545 | |
| 1980s | 422 | |
| 1990s | 396 | |
| 2000s | 261 | |
| 2010s | 129 | |
| 2020s | 64 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Magda was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Magda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deeannapeak 1969
- Soniapeak 1970
- Annemariepeak 1968
- Nelidapeak 1964
- Bridgetpeak 1973
- Leticiapeak 1980
- Alisapeak 1970
- Corinnapeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.