girl's name

Magdeline

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 634

Magdeline is a girl's name. In 2020 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1918, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.

Magdeline over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Magdeline by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 94
1920s 115
1930s 72
1940s 23
1950s 42
1960s 42
1970s 5
1980s 32
1990s 59
2000s 97
2010s 38
2020s (to 2020) 5

How popular is Magdeline?

In 2020, Magdeline was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Magdeline is used

France #4,942 5 in 2004
United States #15,800 5 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Magdeline

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Magdeline also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Magdeline over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Magdeline

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Magdeline — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Magdeline

How popular is the name Magdeline?

In 2020, Magdeline was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Magdeline a girl's or a boy's name?

Magdeline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Magdeline most popular?

Magdeline peaked in 1918, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.