How Many People Are Named Magdalena?
people named Magdalena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,854 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,783 babies named Magdalena in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
325 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Czech, Slovak and Hungarian form of MAGDALENE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Magdalena (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Magdalena alive today is about 33 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Magdalena first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 325 babies. In 2025, 320 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Magdalena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #311, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #850.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #850 |
| Best rank | #311 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #888 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Magdalena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Magdalena were born in California than in any other state: about 3,513 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Magdalena was given 4.4 times as often in New Mexico, 3.7 times in North Dakota and 3.2 times in Texas.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.