Magnus — #750 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Magnus

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,830 babies named Magnus between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Magnus currently holds the #750 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 354 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Magnus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,389 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Magnus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 694 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Magnus in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Magnus 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 5,830 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.