Girls' name · since 1993
Magdelyn
203 babies named Magdelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Magdelyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 203 have been recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Magdelyn recorded 203 times among girls since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2024.
- #19,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 203 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Magdelyn ranks #19,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 203 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Magdelyn's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Magdelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Magdelyn's full recorded timeline at 2009, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Magdelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2024
- Peak year (2002)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Magdelyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Magdelyn's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Magdelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Magdelyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Magdelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Magdelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.