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How popular is “Magdalena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Magdalena” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Magdalena” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Magdalena” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Magdalena” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Magdalena” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Magdalena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Magdalena” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 19 0.0000943 19 100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 100%
1882 33 0.000148962 33 100%
1883 27 0.000124455 27 100%
1884 31 0.00012733 31 100%
1885 32 0.000132861 32 100%
1886 40 0.000156669 40 100%
1887 26 0.000105096 26 100%
1888 41 0.000136907 41 100%
1889 37 0.000128052 37 100%
1890 25 0.000082946 25 100%
1891 41 0.00014302 41 100%
1892 26 0.000077757 26 100%
1893 58 0.000178339 58 100%
1894 46 0.000135817 46 100%
1895 31 0.000088314 31 100%
1896 42 0.000117488 42 100%
1897 29 0.000083584 29 100%
1898 38 0.000099619 38 100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 100%
1900 32 0.00007107 32 100%
1901 37 0.000106995 37 100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 100%
1903 40 0.000104932 40 100%
1904 28 0.000069395 28 100%
1905 32 0.000075486 32 100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 100%
1907 32 0.00006876 32 100%
1908 28 0.000057301 28 100%
1909 47 0.000091936 47 100%
1910 36 0.000060944 36 100%
1911 40 0.000062085 40 100%
1912 53 0.00005364 53 100%
1913 49 0.000043092 49 100%
1914 56 0.000039538 56 100%
1915 76 0.000041475 76 100%
1916 85 0.000043941 85 100%
1917 68 0.000033886 68 100%
1918 79 0.000036387 79 100%
1919 62 0.00002938 62 100%
1920 84 0.000037125 84 100%
1921 96 0.000041122 96 100%
1922 80 0.000034947 80 100%
1923 106 0.000046037 106 100%
1924 113 0.000047447 113 100%
1925 96 0.000041143 96 100%
1926 86 0.000037458 86 100%
1927 112 0.000048289 112 100%
1928 102 0.000045114 102 100%
1929 92 0.000041968 92 100%
1930 90 0.000040481 90 100%
1931 93 0.000044193 93 100%
1932 81 0.000038365 81 100%
1933 85 0.000042512 85 100%
1934 64 0.000030816 64 100%
1935 82 0.000039236 82 100%
1936 54 0.000025992 54 100%
1937 67 0.000031446 67 100%
1938 63 0.000028474 63 100%
1939 60 0.00002723 60 100%
1940 67 0.000029096 67 100%
1941 73 0.000029962 73 100%
1942 64 0.000023428 64 100%
1943 81 0.000028697 81 100%
1944 63 0.000023419 63 100%
1945 62 0.000023371 62 100%
1946 75 0.000023472 75 100%
1947 92 0.000025539 92 100%
1948 120 0.000034757 120 100%
1949 113 0.000032427 113 100%
1950 95 0.000027117 95 100%
1951 140 0.000038005 140 100%
1952 115 0.000030279 115 100%
1953 122 0.000031658 122 100%
1954 122 0.000030648 122 100%
1955 132 0.000032876 132 100%
1956 140 0.000033956 140 100%
1957 124 0.000029509 124 100%
1958 142 0.00003435 142 100%
1959 155 0.000037278 155 100%
1960 165 0.000039723 165 100%
1961 169 0.000040799 169 100%
1962 187 0.00004634 187 100%
1963 158 0.000039917 158 100%
1964 170 0.000043729 170 100%
1965 168 0.000046339 168 100%
1966 150 0.000043157 150 100%
1967 135 0.000039766 135 100%
1968 117 0.000034632 117 100%
1969 153 0.000044025 153 100%
1970 158 0.00004381 158 100%
1971 158 0.000046033 158 100%
1972 127 0.000040407 127 100%
1973 165 0.000054692 165 100%
1974 156 0.000051316 156 100%
1975 168 0.00005564 168 100%
1976 161 0.00005306 161 100%
1977 169 0.000053203 169 100%
1978 147 0.000046316 147 100%
1979 182 0.000054704 182 100%
1980 167 0.000048483 167 100%
1981 168 0.000048564 168 100%
1982 200 0.000057013 195 5 95%
1983 144 0.000041578 144 100%
1984 150 0.000042995 150 100%
1985 141 0.000039506 141 100%
1986 201 0.000056507 196 5 95%
1987 170 0.000047149 170 100%
1988 168 0.000045466 168 100%
1989 169 0.00004396 169 100%
1990 209 0.000052878 209 100%
1991 192 0.000049291 192 100%
1992 219 0.000057012 219 100%
1993 269 0.000071348 269 100%
1994 262 0.000070475 262 100%
1995 263 0.000071816 263 100%
1996 250 0.000068546 250 100%
1997 288 0.000079432 288 100%
1998 263 0.000071502 263 100%
1999 242 0.000065514 242 100%
2000 245 0.000064816 245 100%
2001 270 0.000072127 270 100%
2002 228 0.00006099 228 100%
2003 264 0.000069431 264 100%
2004 312 0.000081656 312 100%
2005 321 0.000083488 321 100%
2006 295 0.000074567 295 100%
2007 325 0.000081297 325 100%
2008 310 0.000078867 310 100%
2009 271 0.000070939 271 100%
2010 230 0.000062234 230 100%
2011 213 0.000058232 213 100%
2012 216 0.000059059 216 100%
2013 215 0.000058974 215 100%
2014 274 0.000073927 274 100%
2015 236 0.000063768 236 100%
2016 262 0.000071415 262 100%
2017 278 0.000077736 278 100%
2018 246 0.000069968 246 100%
2019 274 0.000078941 274 100%
2020 256 0.000076633 256 100%
2021 276 0.000081465 276 100%
2022 301 0.000088971 301 100%
2023 296 0.000089394 296 100%
2024 321 0.00009644 321 100%

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