Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Magaly isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magaly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,288
- 0 boys · 5,288 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 169 babies
- 2025
- 53
- #3,087 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 53 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,087 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 169 in 2001. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (15). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,451 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Magaly’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Magaly has a related form in Magali.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Magaly
- Magaly SolierPeruvian actress and singerborn 1986
- Magaly Carvajalvolleyball playerborn 1968
- Magaly AlabauCuban-American poet, theater director, and actorborn 1945
- Magaly Antonia Pineda Tejadafeminist and research professor (1943-2016)
- Magaly MedinaTV show presenterborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Magaly, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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