Girls' name · since 1927
Margerine
Margerine has 18 recorded births since 1927 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,135 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1927
- 1930s
- peak decade
Margerine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1927.
Social Security Administration records show Margerine recorded 18 times among girls since 1927, 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 1927 to 1939.
- #47,135 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1927
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margerine ranks #47,135 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1927, peaking in the 1930s.
- #47,135 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1927
- 1930s
- peak decade
Margerine's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Margerine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Margerine splits its recorded history at 1931: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1927 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1931 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Margerine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1939
- Peak year (1931)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Margerine by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1930s was Margerine's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Margerine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Margerine: 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 (~12 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, 1927–1939 (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 Margerine 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.