Girls' name · since 1917
Margary
37 babies named Margary in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1917
- 1930s
- peak decade
Margary sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 37 recorded since 1917.
Social Security Administration records show Margary recorded 37 times among girls since 1917, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1935.
- #38,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1917
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margary ranks #38,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1917, peaking in the 1930s.
- #38,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1917
- 1930s
- peak decade
Margary's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Margary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Margary's full recorded timeline at 1927, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Margary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1935
- Peak year (1920)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Margary by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (16 births, 43% of the file).
1930s was Margary's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Margary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 16 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Margary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1917–1935 (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 Margary 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.