Magnolia
Magnolia was given to 2,233 girls in 2025, #124 among girls’ names; 23,403 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 19,400 Americans named Magnolia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 5 years old and half are between 3 and 9.
Magnolia came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1940 and returned in 2013.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Magnolia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Magnolia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Magnolia is “a female given name from English, one of the less common flower names invented in the 19th century.”
/ˌmæɡˈnoʊ.li.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Magnolia?
#124 among girls’ names, 2025
Magnolia rose from #635 in 2015 to #124 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.25 to 1.4 per 1,000.
2,233 babies in 2025, the peak
Magnolia peaked in 2025, when 2,233 girls were given it, #124 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 2,155 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,233 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 2,155 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 1,953 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 1,885 | #151 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 1,966 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 1,623 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 1,323 | #237 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 1,048 | #314 | 0.62 |
| 2017 | 816 | #384 | 0.47 |
| 2016 | 618 | #507 | 0.35 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 450 | #635 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 336 | #825 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 259 | #972 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 221 | #1,123 | 0.13 |
| 2011 | 192 | #1,248 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 166 | #1,390 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 141 | #1,600 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,613 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,835 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,998 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,392 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,541 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,725 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,433 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,178 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,199 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,681 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,265 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,769 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,396 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,167 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,745 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,833 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,175 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,917 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #6,000 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,712 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,463 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,459 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,878 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,638 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,665 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,714 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,128 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,436 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,983 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,246 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,161 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,495 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,870 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,199 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,077 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,431 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,812 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,122 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,902 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,378 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,424 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,100 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,884 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,972 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,921 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,989 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,908 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,830 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,193 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,289 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,322 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,030 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,087 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,162 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,433 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,807 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 42 | #1,457 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,416 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,378 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 51 | #1,214 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 48 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,215 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 45 | #1,208 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 77 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 56 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 51 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 57 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 81 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 53 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 85 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 77 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 69 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 94 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 76 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 100 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 117 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 87 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 125 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 121 | #678 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 127 | #658 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 150 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 151 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 127 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 136 | #605 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 146 | #591 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 102 | #681 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 131 | #588 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 120 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 115 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1913 | 89 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1912 | 104 | #469 | 0.19 |
| 1911 | 73 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 85 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 77 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1908 | 73 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1907 | 41 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 43 | #534 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 47 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 42 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 46 | #474 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 48 | #457 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 19 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 43 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 21 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 25 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 28 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 25 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 31 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 16 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 23 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 14 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 15 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 9 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 17 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 14 | #708 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 10 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 15 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 8 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 8 | #734 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 7 | #783 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 12 | #495 | 0.13 |
| 1880 | 8 | #658 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Magnolia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Magnolia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Magnolia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Magnolia, and how old are they?
19,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 23,403 Americans ever recorded as Magnolia. The median Magnolia alive today is 5 years old; half are between 3 and 9.
The 2020 Census counted 8,716 people named Magnolia (8,701 women and girls, 15 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,371 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 300 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 429 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 216 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 277 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,570 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 16,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Magnolia born?
The states with the most babies named Magnolia are Texas, Florida and Georgia, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 196 | #168 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 150 | #116 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 134 | #52 | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 124 | #71 | 1.5× |
| Tennessee | 111 | #46 | 1.8× |
| California | 104 | #316 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 95 | #107 | 0.8× |
| Missouri | 71 | #74 | 1.0× |
| Alabama | 69 | #44 | 1.8× |
| Virginia | 68 | #105 | 1.1× |
Where Magnolia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Magnolia is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Magnolia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Magnolia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Magnolia and names like it
- Compare Magnolia and ElodieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMagnolia peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Magnolia since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Magnolia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Magnolia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Magnolia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.