Girls' name · since 1880
Magnolia
Magnolia has 23,403 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,403
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Magnolia is the #124 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 23,403 recorded since 1880.
Magnolia has 23,403 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #124 as of the latest data, more common than 99.3% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #958 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #124 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23,403 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Magnolia ranks #958 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #124 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23,403 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,403
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Magnolia's 23,403 recorded births place it above 98.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Magnolia compares
23,403 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Magnolia's all-time total is 62x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Magnolia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,403 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,233 | 21 | 19,840 |
Magnolia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Magnolia splits its recorded history at 1952: 82% of all births land in the more recent half, 18% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1885 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 2,233 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Magnolia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 2,233
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Magnolia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11,815 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Magnolia's strongest decade.
11,815 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Magnolia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 105
1880s
105 births
- 1890s 207
1890s
207 births
- 1900s 479
1900s
479 births
- 1910s 1,101
1910s
1,101 births
- 1920s 1,181
1920s
1,181 births
- 1930s 671
1930s
671 births
- 1940s 499
1940s
499 births
- 1950s 303
1950s
303 births
- 1960s 153
1960s
153 births
- 1970s 149
1970s
149 births
- 1980s 131
1980s
131 births
- 1990s 271
1990s
271 births
- 2000s 909
2000s
909 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,429 births
- 2020s
2020s
11,815 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11,815 births (50% of all-time use).
How Magnolia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Magnolia's total volume
Magnolia by state
Where Magnolia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,551 | 6.6% |
| #2 | California | | 1,298 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 1,273 | 5.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 1,188 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 1,081 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,079 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,017 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 749 | 3.2% |
1,551 of 23,403 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Magnolia appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Magnolia's data
- Texas records the most Magnolias (1,551 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Magnolia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Magnolia 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.