Magnolia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #124 for girls
Magnolia is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 124th for girls in the US (2,233 babies).
What does Magnolia mean?
English
A female given name from English, one of the less common flower names invented in the 19th century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Magnolia a girl's or a boy's name?
Magnolia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 2,233 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Magnolia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 182% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Magnolia, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Magnolia of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Magnolia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Magnolia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Magnolia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 124th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,233 about 1 in 720 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,233 girls in the US were named Magnolia, making it the 124th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 176th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Magnolia of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Magnolia in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Magnolia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,233 | #124 |
| 2024 | 2,155 | #138 |
| 2023 | 1,953 | #145 |
| 2022 | 1,885 | #151 |
| 2021 | 1,966 | #140 |
| 2020 | 1,623 | #176 |
| 2019 | 1,323 | #237 |
| 2018 | 1,048 | #314 |
| 2017 | 816 | #383 |
| 2016 | 618 | #506 |
| 2015 | 450 | #634 |
| 2014 | 336 | #823 |
| 2013 | 259 | #971 |
| 2012 | 221 | #1,121 |
| 2011 | 192 | #1,244 |
| 2010 | 166 | #1,388 |
| 2009 | 141 | #1,593 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,605 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,829 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,988 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,423 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,780 |
| 1951 | 42 | #1,449 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,395 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,369 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,336 |
| 1946 | 51 | #1,207 |
| 1945 | 48 | #1,130 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,204 |
| 1943 | 45 | #1,205 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,076 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,065 |
| 1940 | 77 | #808 |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,022 |
| 1938 | 56 | #949 |
| 1937 | 51 | #981 |
| 1936 | 57 | #901 |
| 1935 | 81 | #751 |
| 1934 | 53 | #948 |
| 1933 | 85 | #703 |
| 1932 | 77 | #768 |
| 1931 | 69 | #819 |
| 1930 | 94 | #717 |
| 1929 | 76 | #809 |
| 1928 | 100 | #703 |
| 1927 | 117 | #664 |
| 1926 | 87 | #774 |
| 1925 | 125 | #659 |
| 1924 | 121 | #676 |
| 1923 | 127 | #658 |
| 1922 | 150 | #586 |
| 1921 | 151 | #589 |
| 1920 | 127 | #640 |
| 1919 | 136 | #604 |
| 1918 | 146 | #590 |
| 1917 | 102 | #677 |
| 1916 | 131 | #586 |
| 1915 | 120 | #593 |
| 1914 | 115 | #522 |
| 1913 | 89 | #538 |
| 1912 | 104 | #466 |
| 1911 | 73 | #483 |
| 1910 | 85 | #432 |
| 1909 | 77 | #418 |
| 1908 | 73 | #422 |
| 1907 | 41 | #572 |
| 1906 | 43 | #528 |
| 1905 | 47 | #490 |
| 1904 | 42 | #509 |
| 1903 | 46 | #470 |
| 1902 | 48 | #454 |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 |
| 1900 | 43 | #516 |
| 1899 | 21 | #680 |
| 1898 | 25 | #650 |
| 1897 | 28 | #567 |
| 1896 | 25 | #621 |
| 1895 | 31 | #530 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 23 | #594 |
| 1892 | 14 | #796 |
| 1891 | 15 | #695 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 14 | #690 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 15 | #572 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 8 | #793 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 12 | #491 |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
Names like Magnolia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ophelia, Aurelia, Amelia, Emilia, Matilda, Cecilia, Arabella, Sophia, Lucia, Violet, Aria, Isabella
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Magnolia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/magnolia, updated 20 October 2026.