Magdala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Magdala

The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Magdala between 1981 and 2005, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magdala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Magdala performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Magdala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Magdala in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Magdala 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 70 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.