How rare is the name Magnus?

4,326 people in the United States have the first name Magnus, about 1 in 69,818. It ranks #4,354 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAGNUS

#4,354

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,326
About
1 in 69,818
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,326 people named Magnus, 70.3% reported their origin as White, 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Magnus peaked in 2021, when 354 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
354
In 2025*
337 ▼5%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,172 babies have been given the name since 1890. 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.

Magnus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,584. The largest share of babies named Magnus, 63.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#2,86521
1900s#3,21629
1910s#3,666122
1920s#4,500132
1930s#5,79766
1940s#8,92123
1950s#8,81739
1960s#12,55718
1970s#14,75730
1980s#11,99774
1990s#7,778212
2000s#3,2651,028
2010s#1,9462,389
2020s#1,5841,989
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–962.6%
Generation Z 1997–1226.4%
2013 and later63.2%

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 Magnus is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Magnus has been most common in Washington (4.8×), Utah (3.6×), and Minnesota (3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.46×).

4,083 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 Magnus

#4,352 Bradyn · 4,327#4,352 Julisa · 4,327#4,355 Jonnie · 4,322#4,356 Marylee · 4,320

Also a last name

As a last name, Magnus ranks #13,339 of 156,621, with 2,186 people. See Magnus as a last name

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