# Magnolia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/magnolia/  
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 | /ˌmæɡˈnoʊ.li.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,403 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 23,403 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 71, 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 | 192 | 1,248 |
| 2012 | 221 | 1,123 |
| 2013 | 259 | 972 |
| 2014 | 336 | 825 |
| 2015 | 450 | 635 |
| 2016 | 618 | 507 |
| 2017 | 816 | 384 |
| 2018 | 1,048 | 314 |
| 2019 | 1,323 | 237 |
| 2020 | 1,623 | 176 |
| 2021 | 1,966 | 140 |
| 2022 | 1,885 | 151 |
| 2023 | 1,953 | 145 |
| 2024 | 2,155 | 138 |
| 2025 | 2,233 | 124 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Magnolia

- Magnolia Antonino, Filipino politician (1915-2010)

## 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.