Magalene vs Magnus

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Magalene Magnus

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 110 years in which either name was published, Magnus for 78 years and Magalene for 32 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.

• 1890–1926 Magnus ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1927–1959 Magalene ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1964–2025 Magnus ahead

6 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Magalenes alive today are over 79; half the Magnuses are over 8. That is 71 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Magalene North Carolina (34.5×)
• Magnus Washington (4.8×), Utah (3.6×), Minnesota (3.0×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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