Girls' name · peaked in 1882

Magdalena name popularity since 1925

17,684 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Magdalena. Half of them were born in 1993 or earlier, so the typical Magdalena is about 33 years old in 2026. Magdalena peaked in 1882 as the #311 name for girls, and it ranked #850 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 17,684; Named Magdalena, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1882; #311 for girls that year
Typical age: About 33; Median birth year 1993
In 2025: #850; for girls in 2025 (320 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 17,674 girls · 10 boys
Most popular in: Texas; 3.37× its national share

Peak year is the year Magdalena made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Magdalena births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 2007. Measured as a share of all babies, Magdalena peaked earlier, in 1882.

Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, Magdalena became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 10,900 baby girls to 1 in 6,820.

Shaded on the chart. This compares Magdalena's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Magdalena.

Decade by decade

Babies named Magdalena in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	488	0	–
1930s	739	0	#748
1940s	810	0	#983
1950s	1,288	0	#847
1960s	1,572	0	#766
1970s	1,591	0	#812
1980s	1,668	10	#1,053
1990s	2,457	0	#768
2000s	2,842	0	#807
2010s	2,447	0	#1,099
2020–25	1,772	0	#850

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

24.3% of babies named Magdalena from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Where Magdalena is most popular

The index compares Magdalena's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Magdalena.

State	Index	Babies
Texas	3.37×	3,793
California	2.56×	3,896
Arizona	1.92×	358
Illinois	1.72×	1,206
New York	1.14×	1,236

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Magdalena's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Magdalena.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Magdalena (1882).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data