Meaning not yet researched.
Magdalena: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 320 in 2025. Its best rank was #311 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #311 in 1882; #850 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Magdalena in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#850 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #311.
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Magdalena: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 320 girls in 2025. Peak: #311 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 325 (2007).
In 2025, 320 US girls were named Magdalena, making it the 850th most common girls’ name of the year, down 12 places from #838 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 323 girls named Magdalena in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #311, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 325, in 2007. For comparison, it was #1,099 in 2015 and #914 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Magdalena in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 19 babies with the name. In all, 19,783 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 2,842 babies named Magdalena.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,834 US girls were named Magdalena; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 323. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,023 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Magdalena ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #418 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Madeleine (45,737 babies since 1880), Magdalene (9,994 babies since 1880), Malena (4,058 babies since 1880) and Magdalen (3,267 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Magdelena, Madelena and Magdalina are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lena and Maggie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Polish and Slovene. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Magdelena (367), Madelena (196), Magdalina (127), Magdelina (15), Magdelana (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 8 | #418 | — |
| Illinois | 19 | #535 | #653 |
| Washington | 12 | #565 | #899 |
| Utah | 7 | #580 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #636 | #1,080 |
| Kansas | 5 | #645 | #704 |
| Alabama | 7 | #686 | #904 |
| Indiana | 9 | #697 | #662 |
| Oregon | 5 | #697 | #761 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #741 | — |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #755 | #659 |
| Missouri | 7 | #780 | #1,078 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #818 | — |
| Texas | 36 | #832 | #1,299 |
| New York | 19 | #847 | #992 |
| California | 34 | #870 | #960 |
| Ohio | 10 | #934 | #1,395 |
| Florida | 17 | #941 | #1,998 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #941 | #535 |
| Maryland | 5 | #946 | — |
| Tennessee | 7 | #957 | — |
| Arizona | 6 | #992 | #1,042 |
| Virginia | 7 | #1,006 | — |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,113 | — |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,160 | #1,214 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,700 | #1,445 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 320 | #850 | — | — |
| 2024 | 323 | #838 | — | — |
| 2023 | 296 | #904 | — | — |
| 2022 | 301 | #912 | — | — |
| 2021 | 276 | #952 | — | — |
| 2020 | 256 | #998 | — | — |
| 2019 | 274 | #964 | — | — |
| 2018 | 246 | #1,046 | — | — |
| 2017 | 279 | #950 | — | — |
| 2016 | 263 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 2015 | 236 | #1,099 | — | — |
| 2014 | 274 | #975 | — | — |
| 2013 | 215 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 2012 | 216 | #1,143 | — | — |
| 2011 | 214 | #1,147 | — | — |
| 2010 | 230 | #1,086 | — | — |
| 2009 | 271 | #981 | — | — |
| 2008 | 310 | #896 | — | — |
| 2007 | 325 | #864 | — | — |
| 2006 | 295 | #900 | — | — |
| 2005 | 321 | #807 | — | — |
| 2004 | 312 | #806 | — | — |
| 2003 | 264 | #906 | — | — |
| 2002 | 229 | #969 | — | — |
| 2001 | 270 | #848 | — | — |
| 2000 | 245 | #896 | — | — |
| 1999 | 242 | #885 | — | — |
| 1998 | 263 | #811 | — | — |
| 1997 | 288 | #742 | — | — |
| 1996 | 250 | #814 | — | — |
| 1995 | 263 | #768 | — | — |
| 1994 | 262 | #780 | — | — |
| 1993 | 269 | #768 | — | — |
| 1992 | 219 | #897 | — | — |
| 1991 | 192 | #979 | — | — |
| 1990 | 209 | #918 | — | — |
| 1989 | 169 | #1,015 | — | — |
| 1988 | 168 | #985 | — | — |
| 1987 | 170 | #953 | — | — |
| 1986 | 196 | #849 | 5 | #7,405 |
| 1985 | 141 | #1,053 | — | — |
| 1984 | 150 | #967 | — | — |
| 1983 | 144 | #999 | — | — |
| 1982 | 195 | #814 | 5 | #6,974 |
| 1981 | 168 | #893 | — | — |
| 1980 | 167 | #905 | — | — |
| 1979 | 182 | #855 | — | — |
| 1978 | 147 | #952 | — | — |
| 1977 | 169 | #867 | — | — |
| 1976 | 160 | #855 | — | — |
| 1975 | 169 | #812 | — | — |
| 1974 | 156 | #845 | — | — |
| 1973 | 165 | #796 | — | — |
| 1972 | 127 | #960 | — | — |
| 1971 | 158 | #858 | — | — |
| 1970 | 158 | #855 | — | — |
| 1969 | 153 | #841 | — | — |
| 1968 | 117 | #957 | — | — |
| 1967 | 135 | #879 | — | — |
| 1966 | 150 | #814 | — | — |
| 1965 | 168 | #766 | — | — |
| 1964 | 170 | #803 | — | — |
| 1963 | 158 | #832 | — | — |
| 1962 | 187 | #762 | — | — |
| 1961 | 169 | #807 | — | — |
| 1960 | 165 | #806 | — | — |
| 1959 | 155 | #824 | — | — |
| 1958 | 142 | #858 | — | — |
| 1957 | 125 | #916 | — | — |
| 1956 | 140 | #841 | — | — |
| 1955 | 132 | #847 | — | — |
| 1954 | 122 | #861 | — | — |
| 1953 | 122 | #839 | — | — |
| 1952 | 115 | #862 | — | — |
| 1951 | 140 | #741 | — | — |
| 1950 | 95 | #914 | — | — |
| 1949 | 113 | #829 | — | — |
| 1948 | 120 | #787 | — | — |
| 1947 | 92 | #928 | — | — |
| 1946 | 75 | #965 | — | — |
| 1945 | 62 | #983 | — | — |
| 1944 | 63 | #985 | — | — |
| 1943 | 81 | #867 | — | — |
| 1942 | 64 | #983 | — | — |
| 1941 | 73 | #855 | — | — |
| 1940 | 67 | #872 | — | — |
| 1939 | 60 | #912 | — | — |
| 1938 | 63 | #897 | — | — |
| 1937 | 67 | #846 | — | — |
| 1936 | 54 | #934 | — | — |
| 1935 | 82 | #748 | — | — |
| 1934 | 64 | #859 | — | — |
| 1933 | 85 | #706 | — | — |
| 1932 | 81 | #751 | — | — |
| 1931 | 93 | #694 | — | — |
| 1930 | 90 | #741 | — | — |
| 1929 | 92 | #729 | — | — |
| 1928 | 102 | #694 | — | — |
| 1927 | 112 | #686 | — | — |
| 1926 | 86 | #781 | — | — |
| 1925 | 96 | #755 | — | — |
| 1924 | 113 | #701 | — | — |
| 1923 | 106 | #710 | — | — |
| 1922 | 80 | #821 | — | — |
| 1921 | 96 | #747 | — | — |
| 1920 | 84 | #789 | — | — |
| 1919 | 62 | #899 | — | — |
| 1918 | 79 | #804 | — | — |
| 1917 | 68 | #831 | — | — |
| 1916 | 85 | #734 | — | — |
| 1915 | 76 | #759 | — | — |
| 1914 | 56 | #774 | — | — |
| 1913 | 49 | #757 | — | — |
| 1912 | 53 | #694 | — | — |
| 1911 | 40 | #693 | — | — |
| 1910 | 36 | #707 | — | — |
| 1909 | 47 | #563 | — | — |
| 1908 | 28 | #736 | — | — |
| 1907 | 32 | #676 | — | — |
| 1906 | 33 | #629 | — | — |
| 1905 | 32 | #628 | — | — |
| 1904 | 28 | #663 | — | — |
| 1903 | 40 | #509 | — | — |
| 1902 | 37 | #533 | — | — |
| 1901 | 37 | #504 | — | — |
| 1900 | 32 | #627 | — | — |
| 1899 | 28 | #590 | — | — |
| 1898 | 38 | #507 | — | — |
| 1897 | 29 | #562 | — | — |
| 1896 | 42 | #450 | — | — |
| 1895 | 31 | #534 | — | — |
| 1894 | 46 | #413 | — | — |
| 1893 | 58 | #353 | — | — |
| 1892 | 26 | #548 | — | — |
| 1891 | 41 | #392 | — | — |
| 1890 | 25 | #532 | — | — |
| 1889 | 37 | #403 | — | — |
| 1888 | 41 | #379 | — | — |
| 1887 | 26 | #442 | — | — |
| 1886 | 40 | #341 | — | — |
| 1885 | 32 | #360 | — | — |
| 1884 | 31 | #363 | — | — |
| 1883 | 27 | #350 | — | — |
| 1882 | 33 | #311 | — | — |
| 1881 | 20 | #380 | — | — |
| 1880 | 19 | #383 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).