Margert — girls' name

What the Data Says About Margert

The Social Security Administration has registered 796 babies named Margert between 1900 and 1979, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margert currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Margert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Margert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Margert in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Margert 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 796 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.