Magnolia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning magnolia flower; named after botanist Magnol.
How Magnolia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #635 |
| 2016 | #507 |
| 2017 | #384 |
| 2018 | #314 |
| 2019 | #237 |
| 2020 | #176 |
| 2021 | #140 |
| 2022 | #151 |
| 2023 | #145 |
| 2024 | #138 |
| 2025 | #124 |
Magnolia by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Magnolia. In the US, 808 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1910, about 1 in 4,900 American girls born that year was called Magnolia.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Magnolia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a flower
Like Magnolia, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Magnolia
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