Given name & surname
Magenta
“the camp named Maxentia”
Magenta is a surname from Latin. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Magenta goes back to Latin Castra Maxentia, meaning “the camp named Maxentia.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magenta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 256
- 0 boys · 256 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,535 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,535 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 233 as a first name in 2020; 100 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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