Magdalene
Magdalene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 157 births. Its best rank was 432nd, in 1904.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1570.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1923199 births
- Best rank
- #432in 1904
- Since 1880
- 9,828people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,828 girls have been named Magdalene in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 199 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Magdalene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 146 | |
| 1890s | 282 | |
| 1900s | 402 | |
| 1910s | 1,269 | |
| 1920s | 1,558 | |
| 1930s | 1,010 | |
| 1940s | 619 | |
| 1950s | 457 | |
| 1960s | 273 | |
| 1970s | 220 | |
| 1980s | 339 | |
| 1990s | 530 | |
| 2000s | 951 | |
| 2010s | 1,152 | |
| 2020s | 620 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Magdalene was the 493rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1923 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Betty. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Magdalene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Evelinepeak 1922
- Adelepeak 1918
- Josephinepeak 1918
- Lolapeak 1919
- Leorapeak 1921
- Flaviapeak 1921
- Ilapeak 1925
- Nolapeak 2020
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.