Magda
Girl · MAG-dah · Hebrew
Magda is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Magda mean?
Hebrew: short form of Magdalena, from the town of Magdala
“woman of Magdala”
Short for Magdalena, after Mary Magdalene, whose byname refers to Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, a name meaning 'tower'.
- Say it
- MAG-dah
Is Magda a girl's or a boy's name?
Magda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Magda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Magda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Magda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Magda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Magda, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1966, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the girls named Magda in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Magda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 43 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 50 | #2,061 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,246 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,952 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,381 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,027 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,713 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,667 |
| 1973 | 68 | #1,433 |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,432 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,709 |
| 1970 | 76 | #1,369 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,546 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,559 |
| 1967 | 57 | #1,478 |
| 1966 | 76 | #1,232 |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,686 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,648 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,539 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,767 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,672 |
| 1959 | 57 | #1,416 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,871 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,757 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
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