How rare is the name Magnolia?

8,716 people in the United States have the first name Magnolia, about 1 in 34,653. It ranks #2,693 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAGNOLIA

#2,693

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,716
About
1 in 34,653
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,716 people named Magnolia, 58.6% reported their origin as White, 22% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Magnolia peaked in 2025, when 2,233 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,233
In 2025*
2,233
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 23,403 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.

Magnolia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #348. The largest share of babies named Magnolia, 71.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,226105
1890s#1,053207
1900s#777479
1910s#1,0151,101
1920s#1,2301,181
1930s#1,540671
1940s#2,046499
1950s#3,159303
1960s#5,097153
1970s#6,440149
1980s#8,429131
1990s#6,467271
2000s#3,568909
2010s#1,0815,429
2020s#34811,815
Before 19011.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.9%
Silent Generation 1928–455%
Baby boom 1946–642.5%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–961.2%
Generation Z 1997–126.8%
2013 and later71.2%

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 Magnolia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Magnolia has been most common in Mississippi (4.2×), Arkansas (2.7×), and Tennessee (2.4×), and least common in New Mexico (0.31×).

20,021 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 Magnolia

#2,691 Deann · 8,731#2,692 Marlo · 8,723#2,694 Mekhi · 8,714#2,695 Lawanda · 8,713

Also a last name

As a last name, Magnolia ranks #115,686 of 156,621, with 160 people. See Magnolia as a last name

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