Magdalen — #10252 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Magdalen

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,251 babies named Magdalen between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magdalen currently holds the #10252 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 92 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Magdalen performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 579 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Magdalen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 156 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Magdalen in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Magdalen 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 3,251 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.