Margena — girls' name
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.
The verdict
17 girls have been named Margena since 1949, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1968.
- 17
- total births
- 1949–1968
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Margena was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Margena in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Margena
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Margena between 1949 and 1968, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Margena performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Margena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Margena 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 17 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.
Margena at a glance
Last recorded 1968Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Margena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1949
- Peak year (1957)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1968.
17 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 7 births in a single year.
Margena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 7 births that decade — 41% of Margena's all-time total
Margena decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Margena's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1949–1968 (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.