Girls' name · since 1910
Maragret
218 babies named Maragret in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,937 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 218
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Maragret sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 218 recorded since 1910.
Maragret has 218 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1970.
- #18,937 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 218 born since 1910
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maragret ranks #18,937 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 218 born since 1910, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,937 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 218
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Maragret's 218 recorded births place it above 73.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Maragret's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maragret's full recorded timeline at 1929, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1910, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maragret popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1970
- Peak year (1926)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1970.
218 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 16 births in a single year.
Maragret by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (77 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Maragret's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Maragret births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
44 births
- 1920s
1920s
77 births
- 1930s
1930s
43 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 77 births (35% of all-time use).
Maragret decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Maragret by state
Where Maragret concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 218 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Maragret's data
- Maragret's decade-level peak was the 1920s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Maragrets (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maragret: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~60 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maragret draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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