Girls' name · since 1880
Margery
15,791 babies named Margery in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,238 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,213 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,791
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Margery is the #13213 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 15,791 recorded since 1880.
Margery has 15,791 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13213 as of the latest data, more common than 24% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,238 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,213 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,791 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margery ranks #1,238 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,213 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,791 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,238 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,213 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,791
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margery's 15,791 recorded births place it above 98.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Margery compares
15,791 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Margery's all-time total is 42x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Margery | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,791 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 564 | 21 | 19,840 |
Margery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Margery's SSA record in two at 1947 and the more recent half accounts for 23% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 77%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 564, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Margery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 564
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Margery by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (4,722 births, 30% of the file).
1920s was Margery's strongest decade.
4,722 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Margery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 129
1880s
129 births
- 1890s 350
1890s
350 births
- 1900s 425
1900s
425 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,329 births
- 1920s
1920s
4,722 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,685 births
- 1940s
1940s
2,337 births
- 1950s 1,507
1950s
1,507 births
- 1960s 711
1960s
711 births
- 1970s 247
1970s
247 births
- 1980s 150
1980s
150 births
- 1990s 86
1990s
86 births
- 2000s 58
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 4,722 births (30% of all-time use).
How Margery compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Margery's total volume
Margery by state
Where Margery concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,569 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 1,092 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,028 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 998 | 6.3% |
| #5 | California | | 820 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 761 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 708 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Iowa | | 533 | 3.4% |
1,569 of 15,791 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Margery appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Margery's data
- Margery's decade-level peak was the 1920s (4,722 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Margerys (1,569 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Margery: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Margery 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.