Magdalena

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Magdalena is the original version of the given name Magdalene and is used in West Slavic, Hungarian, German, Lithuanian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Georgian, and other languages.

From Wikipedia

Magdalena first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 325 babies (rank #864 that year). In 2024 it was given to 321 girls (rank #838). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Magdalena

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Magdalena yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

19,456

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

325

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Magdalena

Magdalena Anderssonparty leader · b. 1967
Magdalena Neunerbiathlete · b. 1987
Magdalena Abakanowiczinstallation artist · b. 1930
Magdalena Tulrecording artist · b. 1980
Magdalena Erikssonassociation football player · b. 1993

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	19	#383
1881	20	#380
1882	33	#311
1883	27	#350
1884	31	#363
1885	32	#360
1886	40	#341
1887	26	#442
1888	41	#379
1889	37	#403
1890	25	#532
1891	41	#392
1892	26	#548
1893	58	#353
1894	46	#413
1895	31	#534
1896	42	#450
1897	29	#562
1898	38	#507
1899	28	#590
1900	32	#627
1901	37	#504
1902	37	#533
1903	40	#509
1904	28	#663
1905	32	#628
1906	33	#629
1907	32	#676
1908	28	#736
1909	47	#563
1910	36	#707
1911	40	#693
1912	53	#694
1913	49	#757
1914	56	#774
1915	76	#759
1916	85	#734
1917	68	#831
1918	79	#804
1919	62	#899
1920	84	#789
1921	96	#747
1922	80	#821
1923	106	#710
1924	113	#701
1925	96	#755
1926	86	#781
1927	112	#686
1928	102	#694
1929	92	#729
1930	90	#741
1931	93	#694
1932	81	#751
1933	85	#706
1934	64	#859
1935	82	#748
1936	54	#934
1937	67	#846
1938	63	#897
1939	60	#912
1940	67	#872
1941	73	#855
1942	64	#983
1943	81	#867
1944	63	#985
1945	62	#983
1946	75	#965
1947	92	#928
1948	120	#787
1949	113	#829
1950	95	#914
1951	140	#741
1952	115	#862
1953	122	#839
1954	122	#861
1955	132	#847
1956	140	#841
1957	124	#922
1958	142	#858
1959	155	#823
1960	165	#806
1961	169	#806
1962	187	#762
1963	158	#832
1964	170	#803
1965	168	#766
1966	150	#814
1967	135	#879
1968	117	#957
1969	153	#841
1970	158	#853
1971	158	#858
1972	127	#960
1973	165	#796
1974	156	#845
1975	168	#815
1976	161	#850
1977	169	#867
1978	147	#952
1979	182	#855
1980	167	#904
1981	168	#893
1982	195	#814
1983	144	#999
1984	150	#967
1985	141	#1,053
1986	196	#849
1987	170	#953
1988	168	#985
1989	169	#1,015
1990	209	#918
1991	192	#979
1992	219	#897
1993	269	#768
1994	262	#780
1995	263	#768
1996	250	#814
1997	288	#742
1998	263	#811
1999	242	#885
2000	245	#896
2001	270	#848
2002	228	#972
2003	264	#906
2004	312	#806
2005	321	#807
2006	295	#900
2007	325	#864
2008	310	#896
2009	271	#981
2010	230	#1,086
2011	213	#1,152
2012	216	#1,143
2013	215	#1,128
2014	274	#975
2015	236	#1,099
2016	262	#1,010
2017	278	#950
2018	246	#1,046
2019	274	#962
2020	256	#998
2021	276	#951
2022	301	#912
2023	296	#902
2024	321	#838