Magnolia
Taken from the flowering tree, which botanists named after Pierre Magnol, a French botanist of the seventeenth century who directed the garden at Montpellier.
Magnolia in 2025
Magnolia was given to 2,233 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 297th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 1,485 babies born.
The history of Magnolia
Magnolia reached its highest point in 2025, when 2,233 babies were given the name, ranking 297th that year.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 23,403 babies have been named Magnolia. Half of them were born before 2020, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Alpha.
Magnolia by decade
| Decade | Babies named Magnolia | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 105 | 996 |
| 1890s | 207 | 858 |
| 1900s | 479 | 671 |
| 1910s | 1,101 | 695 |
| 1920s | 1,181 | 1,079 |
| 1930s | 671 | 1,298 |
| 1940s | 499 | 1,465 |
| 1950s | 303 | 2,389 |
| 1960s | 153 | 4,438 |
| 1970s | 149 | 4,795 |
| 1980s | 131 | 5,744 |
| 1990s | 271 | 5,432 |
| 2000s | 909 | 2,825 |
| 2010s | 5,429 | 516 |
| 2020s | 11,815 | 297 |
Where Magnolia is heading
Magnolia has grown more than 5.0 times over the past decade, from 450 babies in 2015 to 2,233 in 2025.
Names like Magnolia
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Magnolia.