Girls' name · since 1938
Margi
Since 1938, U.S. Social Security records show 290 babies named Margi, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,216 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 290
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Margi is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 290 have been recorded since 1938.
Margi has 290 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1984.
- #16,216 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 290 born since 1938
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margi ranks #16,216 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 290 born since 1938, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,216 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 290
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Margi's 290 recorded births place it above 77.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Margi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Margi's SSA record in two at 1958 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Margi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1984
- Peak year (1961)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Margi by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (125 births, 43% of the file).
1960s was Margi's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Margi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 41
1940s
41 births
- 1950s
1950s
97 births
- 1960s
1960s
125 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 125 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Margi's decade-level peak was the 1960s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Margi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1938–1984 (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 Margi 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.