Magdalena
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning from magdala or tower.
How Magdalena has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2017 | #955 |
| 2019 | #961 |
| 2020 | #996 |
| 2021 | #953 |
| 2022 | #915 |
| 2023 | #908 |
| 2024 | #838 |
| 2025 | #850 |
Magdalena by the numbers
In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Magdalena. In the US, 275 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 324 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 1885, about 1 in 4,400 American girls born that year was called Magdalena.
Names that come from Magdalena
Forms of Magdalena in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Magdalena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Magdalenefrom Magdala, a town in Galilee109 in the US (2017)
- Maddalenaof magdala or tower; a form of Magdalene28 in the US (2017)
- Madalenawoman from magdala; a form of magdalena5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Magdalenwoman from Magdala19 in the US (2017)
- Magdelenafrom magdala, tower; a form of Magdalena6 in the US (2017)
- Magdalynfrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene24 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Magdalena
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