Girls' name · since 1949
Margena
17 babies named Margena in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Margena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1949.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margena has been recorded 17 times among girls since 1949, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1968.
- #47,950 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1949
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margena ranks #47,950 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1949, peaking in the 1950s.
- #47,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Margena's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Margena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Margena splits its recorded history at 1957: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Margena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1968
- Peak year (1957)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Margena by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (7 births, 41% of the file).
1950s was Margena's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Margena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 7 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Margena's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Margena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1949–1968 (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 Margena 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.