Magali — #4120 US girls' name
3,531 babies named Magali in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Magali was born in this single decade.
142 babies were named Magali in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Magali
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,531 babies named Magali between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magali currently holds the #4120 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 142 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Magali performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,051 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Magali shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Magali in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Magali 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 3,531 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.
Magali at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Magali popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1950
- Peak year (2000)
- 142
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
Currently ranks #4120 among girls.
3,531 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 142 births in a single year.
Magali popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1991 (Magali as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Magali accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Magali by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,051 births that decade — 30% of Magali's all-time total
Magali decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,051 births
- Runner-up 998 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Magali's strongest decade
1,051 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Magali by state
Where Magali concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,146 | 32.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 506 | 14.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 246 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 191 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 52 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 49 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 34 | 1.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 27 | 0.8% |
1,146 of 3,531 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 32.5% of nationwide
- Texas 14.3% of nationwide
- New York 7.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 32.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Magali appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1950–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.