Magdalene Girl
How popular is Magdalene?
#1,341 girl name in 2025
165 baby girls were named Magdalene in the US in 2025, making it the 1341st most popular girl name.
Magdalene popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,341 for girls (▲ 73 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 165 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,793 in 2015, #1,769 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1923 (199 girls) |
| Highest rank | #430 in 1904 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Magdalene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Magdalene family of names ranked #1,029 for girls in 2025 (#1,064 the year before), with 194 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Magdalene | 165 | 85% |
| Magdalyn | 5 | 3% |
| Magdalen | 15 | 8% |
| Magdalynn | 9 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Magdalene is most popular
Babies named Magdalene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Magdalene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 146 | #447 |
| 1890s | 282 | #440 |
| 1900s | 402 | #430 |
| 1910s | 1,269 | #484 |
| 1920s | 1,558 | #491 |
| 1930s | 1,010 | #564 |
| 1940s | 619 | #808 |
| 1950s | 457 | #1,211 |
| 1960s | 273 | #2,130 |
| 1970s | 220 | #2,680 |
| 1980s | 339 | #2,194 |
| 1990s | 530 | #1,879 |
| 2000s | 951 | #1,718 |
| 2010s | 1,152 | #1,580 |
| 2020s | 786 | #1,341 |
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Questions
- Is Magdalene a boy or girl name?
- Magdalene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Magdalene were girls.
- How popular is the name Magdalene?
- 165 baby girls were named Magdalene in the US in 2025, making it the 1341st most popular girl name.
- When was Magdalene most popular?
- Magdalene peaked in 1923, when 199 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #430 in 1904.
- How many people are named Magdalene?
- 9,994 babies have been named Magdalene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,248 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Magdalene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Magdalene was most common in Kansas, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.