Magenta
Magenta is a purplish-red color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMYK color models, it is located directly midway between blue and red. It is one of the four colors of subtractive ink used in color printing by most color printers, also known as CMYK along with yellow, cyan, and black to make all the other colors and hues.
Meaning & Origin of Magenta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Magenta is a purplish-red color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMYK color models, it is located directly midway between blue and red. It is one of the four colors of subtractive ink used in color printing by most color printers, also known as CMYK along with yellow, cyan, and black to make all the other colors and hues.
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The Story of Magenta
Magenta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1980, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 12 Magentas were born — ranking #7,532 that year. As of 2026, Magenta ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, rising sharply (+25% over the past five years). In total, more than 248 Magentas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Magenta
Phonetically similar names — useful when Magenta is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Magentas
- Mcginty
- Machete
- Machina
- Menta
- Momenta
- Mcentee
- Argenta
- Memento
- Melinda
- Mylanta
- Mudgett
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Magenta
Magenta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 248 births in the dataset. Magenta's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #7,532. Use the chart and map above to compare Magenta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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