Magdalena
- Pronunciation
- [Mag-da-le-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Woman From Magdala. The Biblical Mary Magdalene Came From Magdala Area Near The Sea Of Galilee.
- Origin
- Spanish
Magdalena Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 19,446 baby girls have been named Magdalena. The name peaked in 2007 with 325 US births that year (rank #864). In 2024, ranked #838 nationally.
Top States for Magdalena
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Magdalena births are: Texas (4,004), California (3,883), New York (1,243).
Other Spanish-Origin Names Like Magdalena
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9-Letter Names Starting with M
Names with Magdalena's exact length and starting letter: Macadhamh, Macalpine, Macandrew, Macarthur, Macauslan.
Quick Facts About Magdalena
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Magdalena by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 325 girls named Magdalena (girl rank #864 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #850 for girls (320 US births). That's 14 places above its earlier 2007 peak — the name is more popular now than it has ever been.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Magdalena Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Magdalena the strongest states are Iowa, Colorado, Kansas.
Strongest girls-name states
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | #1,172 | 27 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #1,022 | 20 |
| 3 | Virginia | #907 | 41 |
| 4 | California | #890 | 217 |
| 5 | Tennessee | #872 | 40 |
| 6 | Florida | #862 | 76 |
| 7 | Michigan | #862 | 78 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | #805 | 86 |
| 9 | Minnesota | #767 | 35 |
| 10 | Ohio | #762 | 94 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Magdalena in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Magdalena against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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