How rare is the name Magdalene?

5,065 people in the United States have the first name Magdalene, about 1 in 59,631. It ranks #3,877 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAGDALENE

#3,877

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,065
About
1 in 59,631
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,065 people named Magdalene, 61.4% reported their origin as White, 18.8% as Black and 10.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Magdalene peaked in 1923, when 199 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1923
Births that year
199
In 2025*
165 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,994 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.

Magdalene by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #863. The largest share of babies named Magdalene, 29.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,021146
1890s#877282
1900s#863402
1910s#9411,269
1920s#1,0471,558
1930s#1,2291,010
1940s#1,823619
1950s#2,522457
1960s#3,685273
1970s#5,040220
1980s#4,434339
1990s#4,102530
2000s#3,454951
2010s#3,2431,152
2020s#2,958786
Before 19014.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2729.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.9%
Baby boom 1946–648.1%
Generation X 1965–803.7%
Millennials 1981–966.5%
Generation Z 1997–1214.6%
2013 and later16.2%

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 Magdalene is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Magdalene has been most common in Kentucky (4.5×), North Carolina (3.6×), and North Dakota (3.2×), and least common in Florida (0.4×).

4,513 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 Magdalene

#3,874 Krzysztof · 5,072#3,876 Louella · 5,067#3,878 Demetrio · 5,064#3,879 Saad · 5,062

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,158 Magdalena · 34,074#5,740 Magdaleno · 2,914#9,609 Magdalen · 1,436#13,943 Magdaline · 854#17,668 Magdelena · 619#18,901 Magdalyn · 566#20,856 Magdeline · 492#26,063 Magdalina · 360

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