Magdalene — #1413 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Magdalene

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,828 babies named Magdalene between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magdalene currently holds the #1413 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 199 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Magdalene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,558 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Magdalene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 492 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Magdalene in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Magdalene 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 9,828 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.