Magenta
2025 SSA
About Magenta
Magenta is a vivid Crayola color name, that could make a vivid, colorful choice. It was named in 1859 after the Napoleonic Battle of Magenta, a town in Northern Italy.
One of J.K. Rowling's imaginative Harry Potter name creations, it was attached to Magenta Comstock, an experimental artist whose portrait eyes would follow the viewer around and out of the room. There are also characters named Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and on the Nickelodeon show Blue's Clues, for an artistic puppy who loves to draw.
Magenta is a deep purplish-red color, somewhat similar to Fuchsia--an equally original option.
Pronounced muh-JEN-tuh.
As of October 2026, Magenta ranked #11535 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #7839 in 1998.
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Magenta in pop culture
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