NameTides

Magdalena

Magdalena was the #849 girls' name in the US in 2025 (320 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Magdalena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Magdalena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Magdalena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#849 (320)#1,362 (23)———#1,577 (15)
2024#838 (323)#1,603 (19)——#898 (3)#2,102 (10)
2023#900 (296)#1,863 (15)———#1,254 (19)
2022#910 (301)#1,245 (26)———#1,313 (18)
2021#951 (276)#1,569 (19)———#1,335 (18)
2020#994 (256)#1,313 (24)———#1,193 (20)
2019#960 (274)#1,153 (29)——#716 (4)#1,231 (20)
2018#1,044 (246)#902 (41)#809 (3)—#568 (6)#1,215 (20)
2017#948 (279)#1,002 (36)——#873 (3)#1,673 (13)
2016#1,005 (263)#897 (41)#798 (3)—#448 (9)#1,533 (15)
2015#1,095 (236)#1,033 (34)#566 (5)—#532 (7)#1,157 (21)
2014#972 (274)#731 (54)—#439 (3)#876 (3)#1,229 (20)
2013#1,126 (215)#925 (40)#816 (3)—#374 (12)#1,432 (16)
2012#1,136 (216)#712 (57)——#435 (10)#1,472 (16)
2011#1,144 (214)#830 (44)#674 (4)—#285 (18)#957 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1882 at #306.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Magdalena is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Magdalena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #855CAUtah: #539UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #820TXFlorida: #912FL
Magdalena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MagdalenaCanadaGirls#1,57715
MagdalenaEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
MagdalenaIrelandGirls—too few
MagdalenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MagdalenaScotlandGirls—too few
MagdalenaUSGirls#849320
MagdalenaUSBoys—too few