Magalene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Magalene

The Social Security Administration has registered 511 babies named Magalene between 1912 and 1963, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magalene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Magalene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Magalene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Magalene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Magalene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 511 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.