Magenta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-JEN-ta
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Magenta is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the colour magenta”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Magenta mean?
English: colour word, from the town of Magenta in Italy
“the colour magenta”
The dye was named after the 1859 Battle of Magenta, fought near the town in Lombardy.
Is Magenta a girl's or a boy's name?
Magenta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Magenta in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Magenta in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Magenta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Magenta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Magenta, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Magenta in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Magenta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Magenta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Magenta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/magenta, updated 20 October 2026.