Magdaleno vs Magnus
American parents have registered 6,172 Magnuses since 1880, against 1,014 Magdalenos. Magnus is still ahead, with 337 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Magdaleno 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 123 years in which either name was published, Magnus for 65 years and Magdaleno for 58 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.
- 1890–1926 Magnus ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1929–1993 Magdaleno ahead, apart from 8 short spells
- 1994–2025 Magnus ahead
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Magdaleno | Magnus | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,014 | 6,172 |
| Most in one year | 21 | 354 |
| Babies in 2025 | 7 | 337 |
| Estimated living today | 670 | 5,700 |
| Median age today | 39 | 8 |
| Peak year | 1999 | 2021 |
| Best rank | 3,591st boys | 729th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 9,714th | 763rd |
| First recorded | 1916 | 1890 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,014 | 0 / 6,172 |
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 Magdalenos alive today are over 39; half the Magnuses are over 8. That is 31 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Magdaleno Texas (9.3×), California (2.8×)
- 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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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Magdaleno and Magnus.