Girl name#1,430 of girl names
Magdalene
Pronounced M AE1 G D AH0 L IY2 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1923
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
How popular is Magdalene?
Magdalene is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 9,828 children — the 1,430th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1923, when 199 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Biblical (Place)
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AE1 G D AH0 L IY2 N
- Stress pattern:
- 102
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Magdalene
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Magdalene
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Magdalene?
- Magdalene ranks 1,430th among girls' names in US records, with 9,828 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,196.
- Is Magdalene a unisex name?
- No. Magdalene is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Magdalene most popular?
- 1923, when 199 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.