Margaux — #1212 US girls' name
3,898 babies named Margaux in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Margaux was born in this single decade.
204 babies were named Margaux in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Margaux
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,898 babies named Margaux between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margaux currently holds the #1212 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 204 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Margaux performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,201 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Margaux shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 635 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Margaux in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Margaux 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 3,898 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.
Margaux at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Margaux popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2021)
- 204
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #1212 among girls.
3,898 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 204 births in a single year.
Margaux by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,201 births that decade — 31% of Margaux's all-time total
Margaux decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,201 births
- Runner-up 943 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Margaux's strongest decade
1,201 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Margaux by state
Where Margaux concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 635 | 16.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 336 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 165 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 154 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 108 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 93 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 73 | 1.9% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 72 | 1.8% |
635 of 3,898 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.3% of nationwide
- New York 8.6% of nationwide
- Texas 4.2% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Margaux appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1975–2024 (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.