How rare is the name Magda?

9,387 people in the United States have the first name Magda, about 1 in 32,176. It ranks #2,567 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAGDA

#2,567

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,387
About
1 in 32,176
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,387 people named Magda, 66.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 27.7% as White and 4.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Magda peaked in 1966, when 76 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1966
Births that year
76
In 2025*
10 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,870 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Magda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,492. The largest share of babies named Magda, 31.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,01517
1910s#7,03232
1920s#9,45026
1930s#6,72047
1940s#5,39788
1950s#3,239290
1960s#2,492538
1970s#2,803545
1980s#3,839422
1990s#5,004396
2000s#8,342261
2010s#14,203129
2020s#14,16474
Before 19010.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.8%
Silent Generation 1928–453.2%
Baby boom 1946–6420%
Generation X 1965–8031.1%
Millennials 1981–9624%
Generation Z 1997–1213.5%
2013 and later5.7%

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 Magda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Magda has been most common in New York (4×), Texas (4×), and California (3.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.56×).

1,544 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.

Either side of Magda

#2,565 Lennox · 9,407#2,566 Jadon · 9,406#2,568 Racheal · 9,384#2,569 Niko · 9,382

Spelled almost the same

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

#9,896 Magdy · 1,375#18,901 Magdi · 566#22,868 Majda · 432#31,336 Makda · 274

Also a last name

As a last name, Magda ranks #25,434 of 156,621, with 1,019 people. See Magda as a last name

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