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How popular is the name Magdalen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Magdalens are alive today.
Magdalen (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2018 (ranked 4684th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2003, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3594th most popular that year. Common short forms of Magdalen include Leena and Alena.
The Magdalen you are most likely to meet is around 24 years old. Half of all Magdalens born in England and Wales are between 10 and 29, and there are at least 87 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Magdalen - on average, only one in every 3,621 such rooms contains a Magdalen.
How many babies are named Magdalen each year?
Where does Magdalen rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Magdalen most popular?
Magdalen peaked in 2003, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Magdalen?
At least 87 people named Magdalen born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Magdalen?
Most living Magdalens are between 10 and 29; the most common age is about 24.
Is Magdalen becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.