Magnolia

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Magnolia is ranked 138th among girls in 2024 (2,146 births). Its best rank was 138th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #138up 6 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2,1460.13% of girls
Peak year: 20242,146 births
Best rank: #138in 2024
Since 1880: 21,154people given the name

Babies named Magnolia, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

21,154 girls have been named Magnolia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 2,146 births — 0.13% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 45%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Magnolia
1880s	105
1890s	207
1900s	479
1910s	1,101
1920s	1,181
1930s	671
1940s	499
1950s	303
1960s	153
1970s	149
1980s	131
1990s	271
2000s	909
2010s	5,427
2020s	9,568

In 2024, its biggest year

Magnolia was the 138th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Magnolia

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.