Magnolia

Magnolia was the #124 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,233 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #671 in Canada.

Magnolia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Magnolia 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Magnolia 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#124 (2,233)#2,138 (13)#671 (45)
2024#138 (2,155)#2,772 (9)#775 (38)
2023#145 (1,953)#2,928 (8)#808 (34)
2022#151 (1,885)#3,534 (6)#781 (35)
2021#140 (1,966)#3,519 (6)#787 (37)
2020#176 (1,623)#4,535 (4)#901 (30)
2019#237 (1,323)#3,151 (7)#854 (32)
2018#314 (1,048)—#1,376 (17)
2017#383 (816)#5,765 (3)#1,049 (24)
2016#506 (618)#5,785 (3)#1,785 (12)
2015#634 (450)#4,736 (4)#1,363 (17)
2014#823 (336)—#1,681 (13)
2013#971 (259)—#1,792 (12)
2012#1,121 (221)—#2,013 (10)
2011#1,244 (192)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #124.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 720 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 720common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Magnolia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 640 to 1 in 760.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Magnolia by state, 2025Alaska: #50AKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #154WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #167WAIdaho: #101IDMontana: #122MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #249ILMichigan: #125MINew York: #304NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: #90ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #97SDIowa: #131IAIndiana: #91INOhio: #105OHPennsylvania: #176PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #314CAUtah: #129UTColorado: #161CONebraska: #95NEMissouri: #71MOKentucky: #56KYWest Virginia: #73WVVirginia: #105VAMaryland: #144MDDelaware: #98DEArizona: #219AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #112KSArkansas: #29ARTennessee: #46TNNorth Carolina: #71NCSouth Carolina: #68SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #53OKLouisiana: #49LAMississippi: #49MSAlabama: #43ALGeorgia: #51GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #167TXFlorida: #113FL
Magnolia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#74216

Magnolia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MagnoliaCanadaGirls#67145
MagnoliaEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
MagnoliaUSGirls#1242,233