Girls' name · since 1915
Margel
69 babies named Margel in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1915
- 1930s
- peak decade
Margel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 69 recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Margel recorded 69 times among girls since 1915, 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 1915 to 1947.
- #31,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1915
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margel ranks #31,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1915, peaking in the 1930s.
- #31,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1915
- 1930s
- peak decade
Margel's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Margel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Margel splits its recorded history at 1932: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1932 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Margel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1947
- Peak year (1932)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Margel by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (38 births, 55% of the file).
1930s was Margel's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Margel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 15
1920s
15 births
- 1930s
1930s
38 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 38 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Margel's decade-level peak was the 1930s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1940s -- 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 Margel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~32 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, 1915–1947 (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 Margel 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.