# Magda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/magda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,870 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,870 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 102, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,879 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,470 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,870 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,920 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,594 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,811 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,131 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,287 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,034 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,794 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,781 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,844 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,568 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,829 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,853 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Magda

- Magda Schneider, German actress (1909–1996)
- Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress
- Magda Szubanski, Australian actress
- Magda Sabbahi, Egyptian film actress and producer (1931–2020)
- Magda Cazanga, Angolan handball player
- Magda B. Arnold, American psychologist
- Magda Bošković, Croatian communist, Partisan and member of the women's rights movement
- Magda Sonja, Austrian actress (1886–1974)
- Magda Wiet-Hénin, French taekwondo athlete
- Magda Rezlerová, Czech biathlete and Olympian
- Magda von Dolcke, Danish actress (1838–1926)
- Magda Aelvoet, Flemish politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.