Magalene
Recorded 1912–1963 · United States
Magalene was most popular in 1929, when 23 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,965 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 511 people named Magalene.
Magalene over time
How old is the name Magalene?
Magalene first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1912, which makes it about 113 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 42 of the 114 years since. It was last recorded in 1963.
How many people are named Magalene?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 511 American births named Magalene between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 187 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Magalene in 2025?
Magalene was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Magalene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Magalene is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 511 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Magalene?
Roughly 187 Americans named Magalene are alive today — 37% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 80 years old, and half are between 74 and 85. That is a narrow band: Magalene arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org