Girls' name · since 1921
Margarine
Margarine has 82 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,377 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margarine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 82 recorded since 1921.
Margarine has 82 recorded births among girls since 1921, 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 1921 to 1952.
- #29,377 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1921
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margarine ranks #29,377 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1921, peaking in the 1920s.
- #29,377 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margarine's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Margarine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Margarine's full recorded timeline at 1935, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1931 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Margarine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1952
- Peak year (1931)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Margarine by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (30 births, 37% of the file).
1920s was Margarine's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Margarine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
30 births
- 1930s
1930s
22 births
- 1940s
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 30 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Margarine's decade-level peak was the 1920s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1950s -- 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 Margarine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1921–1952 (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 Margarine 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.