Magnolia — #138 US girls' name
21,154 babies named Magnolia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.2% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Magnolia was born in this single decade.
2,146 babies were named Magnolia in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Magnolia
The Social Security Administration has registered 21,154 babies named Magnolia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Magnolia currently holds the #138 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,146 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Magnolia performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 9,568 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Magnolia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,354 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Magnolia in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Magnolia 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 21,154 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.
Magnolia at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Magnolia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2024)
- 2,146
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #138 among girls.
21,154 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 2,146 births in a single year.
Magnolia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 9,568 births that decade — 45% of Magnolia's all-time total
Magnolia decade highlights
- Peak decade 9,568 births
- Runner-up 5,427 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Magnolia's strongest decade
9,568 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Magnolia by state
Where Magnolia concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,354 | 6.4% |
| #2 | California | | 1,191 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 1,139 | 5.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 1,064 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 1,044 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 928 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 905 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 666 | 3.1% |
1,354 of 21,154 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- California 5.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.0% of nationwide
- Mississippi 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Magnolia appears in 50 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, 1880–2024 (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.