Margel — girls' name
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.
The verdict
69 girls have been named Margel since 1915, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 1947.
- 69
- total births
- 1915–1947
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Margel was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Margel in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Margel
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Margel between 1915 and 1947, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Margel performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Margel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Margel 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 69 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.
Margel at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Margel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1915
- Peak year (1932)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
69 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 9 births in a single year.
Margel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 38 births that decade — 55% of Margel's all-time total
Margel decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Margel's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1915–1947 (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.