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Magdalene

Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,341 for girls

Magdalene is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman from Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,341st for girls in the US (165 babies).

What does Magdalene mean?

Hebrew

“woman from Magdala”

A female given name from Hebrew.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Magdalene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 165 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Magdalene in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Magdalene, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 girls.

2025 had more girls named Magdalene than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Magdalene in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 10 in 20072025
Magdalene in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20240–
20234#4,915
20220–
20212#7,411
20204#4,744
20194#4,904
20183#5,896
20176#3,774
20167#3,389
20157#3,433
201410#2,618
20135#4,267
20128#3,148
20114#4,980
20105#4,220
20098#2,909
20086#3,589
200710#2,354
20067#2,940
20055#3,543
20044#3,916
20035#3,233
20023#4,284
20015#2,928
20003#4,074
19996#2,559
19980–
19978#2,073
19963#3,935

How popular is Magdalene in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,341among girls
Babies in 2025
165about 1 in 9,700 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 165 girls in the US were named Magdalene, making it the 1,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,769th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 199 girls.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Magdalene than any year since 1924.

Half of all the girls named Magdalene in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 199 in 19232025
Magdalene in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025165#1,341
2024158#1,414
2023140#1,524
2022121#1,720
202190#2,103
2020112#1,769
201989#2,109
2018122#1,692
2017109#1,863
2016140#1,580
2015116#1,793
2014134#1,602
2013126#1,675
201299#1,973
2011107#1,874
2010110#1,847
2009106#1,956
2008102#2,032
200796#2,101
2006113#1,809
2005115#1,718
200489#2,042
200392#1,969
200267#2,376
200182#2,044
200089#1,896
199978#1,996
199854#2,527
199764#2,155
199677#1,879
199545#2,682
199458#2,250
199351#2,446
199230#3,575
199134#3,201
199039#2,895
198938#2,873
198835#2,926
198732#2,970
198647#2,194
198539#2,483
198433#2,729
198333#2,658
198233#2,770
198123#3,532
198026#3,215
197930#2,860
197820#3,637
197725#3,082
197625#2,931
197528#2,680
197415#4,040
197318#3,480
197219#3,276
197121#3,166
197019#3,311
196930#2,350
196823#2,630
196726#2,376
196621#2,667
196525#2,410
196430#2,194
196331#2,130
196228#2,263
196130#2,149
196029#2,149
195934#1,917
195841#1,678
195733#1,903
195644#1,597
195544#1,536
195443#1,539
195357#1,287
195250#1,367
195153#1,276
195058#1,211
194948#1,322
194853#1,249
194751#1,269
194653#1,178
194547#1,141
194477#867
194368#952
194275#902
194170#871
194077#808
193962#891
193881#775
193769#824
193690#702
1935103#641
1934107#648
1933116#603
1932113#629
1931123#596
1930146#564
1929111#661
1928154#570
1927127#632
1926137#607
1925141#616
1924172#557
1923199#491
1922161#563
1921174#540
1920182#520
1919178#507
1918185#499
1917183#485
1916156#529
1915151#505
1914130#484
191374#600
191287#518
191171#489
191054#560
190963#473
190837#629
190747#521
190635#602
190535#587
190456#430
190333#565
190236#537
190128#591
190032#624
189926#606
189822#697
189727#584
189629#565
189529#547
189429#535
189334#455
189236#453
189133#440
189017#642
188916#641
188819#572
188716#560
188617#540
188520#470
18849#731
188310#615
188212#530
188114#447
188013#466

Names like Magdalene

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Magdalene

Magdalena Magdalen Magdalyn Magdalynn Magdaline Magdelena Magdelyn Magdeline

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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, “Magdalene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/magdalene, updated 20 October 2026.