Girls' name · since 1912
Marg
107 babies named Marg in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1912
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marg is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 107 have been recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Marg recorded 107 times among girls since 1912, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1961.
- #26,407 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 1912
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marg ranks #26,407 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1912, peaking in the 1950s.
- #26,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1912
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marg's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marg's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marg splits its recorded history at 1940: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1912 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marg popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1961
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Marg by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (25 births, 23% of the file).
1950s was Marg's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Marg births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
23 births
- 1920s 8
1920s
8 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
25 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 25 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Marg's decade-level peak was the 1950s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marg: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1912–1961 (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 Marg 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.