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Magnolia

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #634, 2016: #506, 2017: #383, 2018: #314, 2019: #237, 2020: #176, 2021: #140, 2022: #151, 2023: #145, 2024: #138, 2025: #1241 in 720 girls in the US, 2025#124 · rising · was #634 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #4,736, 2016: #5,785, 2017: #5,765, 2019: #3,151, 2020: #4,535, 2021: #3,519, 2022: #3,534, 2023: #2,928, 2024: #2,772, 2025: #2,1381 in 19,483 girls in E&W, 2025#2,138 · rising · was #4,736 in 2015

Girl’s name · English · /ˌmæɡˈnəʊ.li.ə/

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What Magnolia means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Magnolia yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Magnolia?

US 2025
#124
2,233 babies
▲ 14 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2138
13 babies
▲ 634 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #634 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4736 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,233 girls got the name (#124 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 720 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 19,483 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (6.05 per 1,000 girls), VT (5.13 per 1,000 girls), AR (5.0 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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ME
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MT
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CA
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AL
GA
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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Magnolia is #124 in the US and #2138 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#1242,2331 in 720#634
England & Wales#2138131 in 19,483#4736
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Magnolia were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20252,2330
England & Wales 2025130
US all years since 188023,4030
England & Wales since 1996710

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

UK/ˌmæɡˈnəʊ.li.ə/
US/ˌmæɡˈnoʊ.li.ə/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Magnolia

Girls

  • Briar#400Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #835 in 2015, #400 in 2025
  • Iris#61“rainbow”
  • Opal#423Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,110 in 2015, #423 in 2025
  • Hazel#21From the word “hazel”
  • Ivy#39From the word “ivy”
  • Wynter#456Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies

For a brother

  • August#81“month of August”
  • Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys
  • Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
  • Rowan#59“little red one”
  • Alden#598“old + friend”
  • Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Magnolia’s. Rank is US 2025.

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