NameTides

Magdalene

Magdalene was the #1,341 girls' name in the US in 2025 (165 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Magdalene as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Magdalene as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Magdalene as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,341 (165)#3,333 (7)#2,282 (9)
2024#1,414 (158)—#3,383 (5)
2023#1,524 (140)#4,710 (4)#2,203 (9)
2022#1,720 (121)—#2,315 (8)
2021#2,103 (90)——
2020#1,769 (112)#4,535 (4)#2,591 (7)
2019#2,109 (89)#4,686 (4)#2,374 (8)
2018#1,692 (122)#5,666 (3)#2,344 (8)
2017#1,863 (109)#4,063 (5)#2,609 (7)
2016#1,580 (140)#3,609 (6)—
2015#1,793 (116)#3,252 (7)#3,286 (5)
2014#1,602 (134)#2,464 (10)#2,617 (7)
2013#1,675 (126)#4,050 (5)#2,595 (7)
2012#1,973 (99)#2,969 (8)#1,787 (12)
2011#1,874 (107)#4,764 (4)#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1904 at #430.
  • 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 9,700 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 9,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Magdalene is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 9,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Magdalene by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #735MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,742CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Magdalene (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
MagdaleneCanadaGirls#2,2829
MagdaleneEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
MagdaleneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MagdaleneUSGirls#1,341165