first name
MAGDALENA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 34,074 people named Magdalena, 66.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 27.5% as White and 4.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Magdalena peaked in 2007, when 325 babies got the name.
At least 19,783 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Magdalena by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #663. The largest share of babies named Magdalena, 21.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Magdalena is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Magdalena has been most common in New Mexico (4.2×), Texas (3.6×), and North Dakota (3.1×), and least common in Kentucky (0.15×).
14,818 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 Magdalena
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Magdalena, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Magdalena ranks #69,958 of 156,621, with 302 people. See Magdalena as a last name
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