Magen — girls' name
3,346 babies named Magen in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Magen was born in this single decade.
226 babies were named Magen in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Magen
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,346 babies named Magen between 1970 and 2013, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 226 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Magen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,478 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Magen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 348 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Magen in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Magen 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 3,346 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.
Magen at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Magen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1970
- Peak year (1985)
- 226
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
3,346 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 226 births in a single year.
Magen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 1,478 births that decade — 44% of Magen's all-time total
Magen decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,478 births
- Runner-up 1,228 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Magen's strongest decade
1,478 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Magen by state
Where Magen concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 348 | 10.4% |
| #2 | California | | 193 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 146 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 127 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 109 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 97 | 2.9% |
| #7 | New York | | 86 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 85 | 2.5% |
348 of 3,346 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.4% of nationwide
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
- Alabama 3.8% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Magen appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.