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How popular is the name Magdalene?
Births per year, rank history and how many Magdalenes are alive today.
Magdalene (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2464th most popular that year. Common short forms of Magdalene include Leena and Alena.
The Magdalene you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Magdalenes born in England and Wales are between 11 and 25, and there are at least 160 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 Magdalene - on average, only one in every 1,969 such rooms contains a Magdalene.
How many babies are named Magdalene each year?
Where does Magdalene 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 Magdalene most popular?
Magdalene peaked in 2014, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Magdalene?
At least 160 people named Magdalene born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Magdalene?
Most living Magdalenes are between 11 and 25; the most common age is about 11.
Is Magdalene becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.