Magdalen
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Magdalen is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Magdalen mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Magdalen a girl's or a boy's name?
Magdalen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Magdalen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 4 girls.
Magdalen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Magdalen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Magdalen, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 92 girls.
Half of all the girls named Magdalen in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Magdalen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,591 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,474 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,084 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,281 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,172 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,096 |
| 1925 | 50 | #1,074 |
| 1924 | 69 | #914 |
| 1923 | 53 | #1,037 |
| 1922 | 60 | #962 |
| 1921 | 64 | #928 |
| 1920 | 84 | #787 |
| 1919 | 62 | #890 |
| 1918 | 74 | #832 |
| 1917 | 63 | #866 |
| 1916 | 87 | #729 |
| 1915 | 92 | #689 |
| 1914 | 62 | #726 |
| 1913 | 35 | #901 |
| 1912 | 46 | #735 |
| 1911 | 28 | #811 |
| 1910 | 30 | #781 |
| 1909 | 21 | #890 |
| 1908 | 26 | #755 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 26 | #716 |
| 1905 | 25 | #713 |
| 1904 | 22 | #755 |
| 1903 | 19 | #789 |
| 1902 | 28 | #623 |
| 1901 | 30 | #559 |
| 1900 | 18 | #885 |
| 1899 | 26 | #606 |
| 1898 | 18 | #790 |
| 1897 | 26 | #594 |
| 1896 | 18 | #754 |
| 1895 | 28 | #565 |
| 1894 | 31 | #516 |
| 1893 | 20 | #644 |
| 1892 | 16 | #726 |
| 1891 | 18 | #624 |
| 1890 | 18 | #617 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 12 | #753 |
| 1887 | 20 | #499 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 12 | #614 |
| 1883 | 12 | #561 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
Names like Magdalen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matilda, Anna, Eleanor, Elsie, Josephine, Elizabeth, Mabel, Annie, Isabelle, Naomi, Eliza, Harriet
Names related to Magdalen
Magdalena, Magdalene, Magdalyn, Magdalynn, Magdaline, Magdelena, Magdelyn, Magdeline
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Magdalen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/magdalen, updated 20 October 2026.