How rare is the name Magaly?

9,451 people in the United States have the first name Magaly, about 1 in 31,958. It ranks #2,558 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MAGALY

#2,558

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,451
About
1 in 31,958
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,451 people named Magaly, 97.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% as White and 1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Magaly peaked in 2001, when 169 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19512025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
169
In 2025*
53 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,288 babies have been given the name since 1951. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Magaly by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,386. The largest share of babies named Magaly, 40.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#5,777102
1960s#3,247340
1970s#3,365407
1980s#3,047594
1990s#2,3861,200
2000s#2,5601,450
2010s#3,826898
2020s#5,675297
Baby boom 1946–644.9%
Generation X 1965–8011.9%
Millennials 1981–9626.7%
Generation Z 1997–1240.7%
2013 and later15.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Magaly is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Magaly has been most common in California (3.7×), Texas (3.6×), and New York (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.53×).

3,751 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Magaly

1 other first name also has 9,451 people.

#2,558 Daren · 9,451

Either side of Magaly

#2,557 Davion · 9,454#2,558 Daren · 9,451#2,560 Karlie · 9,445#2,561 Triston · 9,443

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Magaly, most common first.

#3,532 Magali · 5,853#25,086 Magally · 380

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