Magdalena

“Variant of Magdalene — Woman from Magdala, a town whose name meant tower” — Hebrew via Greek origin

Girl's name · #850 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Magdalena belongs to an older America first — it reached #311 back in 1882 — yet it still appears in today's records at #850. About 20,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Lena is a short form of Magdalena. About 1,200 girls a year are given Lena as their full name.

Around the world: #26 in Austria (2025) · #31 in Czechia (2025) · #40 in Croatia (2025) · #64 in Poland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Magdalenas

Magdalena Andersson — Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist
Magdalena Neuner — former German biathlete
Magdalena Abakanowicz — Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930-2017)
Magdalena Tul — Polish singer
Magdalena Eriksson — Swedish footballer

In stories & tradition

Magdalena — The Darkness
Magdalena the Mermaid — The Wiggles
Magdalena Gojković — Jurmusa and Fatima or Turkish empire eats itself: the story of the liberation of six districts 1832-1834

What Magdalenas become

Among 2,034 notable people named Magdalena:

Medical professionals appear 1.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Magdalena Neff, German pharmacist (1881-1966).

Similar names: Magdalene · Elsa · Marlena · Helena · Mollie · Johanna

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