Marg — girls' name
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.
23% of everyone ever named Marg was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Marg in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marg
The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Marg between 1912 and 1961, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marg currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marg performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marg shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marg in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 107 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marg at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marg popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1912
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
107 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 12 births in a single year.
Marg by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 25 births that decade — 23% of Marg's all-time total
Marg decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Marg's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.