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Magaly

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
3
Peak era
1990s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant of Magali, a Provencal French form of Madeleine, meaning 'of Magdala'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Magaly peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

2,155 people · the #4,862 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 90,909 · median age 56

1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Magaly living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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