Magdelena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mag-duh-LAY-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Magdelena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Magdelena mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Magdalena, from Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
Variant of Magdalena, the Latin form of Magdalene, from Mary Magdalene, meaning woman of Magdala.
Is Magdelena a girl's or a boy's name?
Magdelena is a girls' name.
How popular is Magdelena in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Magdelena in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Magdelena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
Nicknames for Magdelena
Names like Magdelena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella, Anna, Eliza, Mariama, Johanna, Mariah, Mariana, Eva, Julia, Susanna, Amanda, Carolina
Names related to Magdelena
Magdalena, Magdalene, Magdalen, Magdalyn, Magdalynn, Magdaline, Magdelyn, Magdeline
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Magdelena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/magdelena, updated 20 October 2026.