Magdelene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Magdelene

The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Magdelene between 1913 and 2014, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magdelene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Magdelene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Magdelene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Magdelene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Magdelene 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 153 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.