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Magnus

Pronounced /ˈmæɡnəs/

Rank in 2024
#749
Born in 2024
340
Peak year
2021 · #729
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.10.20.318801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 340 boys were named Magnus, about 1 in every 5,045.
  • It peaked in 2021 with 354 babies, ranked #729.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1890.
  • 5,830 boys have been named Magnus since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Magnus per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 273 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 99 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 57 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 30 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 162 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,628 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,560 babies, 0.16 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Latin magnus (“great”), taken from the title of Carolus Magnus "Charlemagne" by an eleventh century king of Norway, and brought to Scotland in medieval times.

  • A male given name from Latin of mostly Scottish and Scandinavian usage.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈmæɡnəs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Magnus, CC BY-SA 4.0.