# Magdalena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/magdalena/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mæɡdəˈlɛnə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,783 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 19,773 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 774, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Magdalena. Doublet of Magdalene and Madeline.

## 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 | 214 | 1,147 |
| 2012 | 216 | 1,143 |
| 2013 | 215 | 1,128 |
| 2014 | 274 | 975 |
| 2015 | 236 | 1,099 |
| 2016 | 263 | 1,007 |
| 2017 | 279 | 950 |
| 2018 | 246 | 1,046 |
| 2019 | 274 | 964 |
| 2020 | 256 | 998 |
| 2021 | 276 | 952 |
| 2022 | 301 | 912 |
| 2023 | 296 | 904 |
| 2024 | 323 | 838 |
| 2025 | 320 | 850 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 6,974 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,405 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 830 |
| 2012 | 57 | 712 |
| 2013 | 40 | 925 |
| 2014 | 54 | 731 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 41 | 897 |
| 2017 | 36 | 1,002 |
| 2018 | 41 | 902 |
| 2019 | 29 | 1,153 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,313 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## People named Magdalena

- Magdalena Neuner, former German biathlete
- Magdalena Kožená, Czech mezzo-soprano
- Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
- Magdalena Aicega, Argentine field hockey player
- Magdalena Lobnig, Austrian rower
- Magdalena Georgieva, Bulgarian rower
- Magdalena Matschina, German luger
- Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú, Argentinian journalist and writer
- Magdalena Zeger, calendar maker, astronomer, astrologer
- Magdalena Wunderlich, German canoeist
- Magdalena Schmidt, East German artistic gymnast
- Magdalena Skipper, British geneticist and Editor-in-Chief of Nature

## 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.