Marga — girls' name
343 babies named Marga in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Marga was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Marga in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marga
The Social Security Administration has registered 343 babies named Marga between 1914 and 1993, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marga currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marga performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Marga shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marga 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 343 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.
Marga at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1914
- Peak year (1960)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
343 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 15 births in a single year.
Marga by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 80 births that decade — 23% of Marga's all-time total
Marga decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Marga's strongest decade
80 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, 1914–1993 (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.