Magdelena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Magdelena

The Social Security Administration has registered 367 babies named Magdelena between 1884 and 2023, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magdelena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Magdelena performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Magdelena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Magdelena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Magdelena 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 367 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.