# Magdalen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/magdalen/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmæɡdəlɪn/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,267 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,267 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 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 | 24 | 5,659 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,497 |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,422 |
| 2014 | 28 | 4,976 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,813 |
| 2016 | 30 | 4,695 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,438 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,562 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,400 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,437 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,773 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,504 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,370 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,776 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,358 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |

## People named Magdalen

- Magdalen Nabb, British writer known for crime fiction and children's fiction (1947-2007)

## 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.