Margie — #6369 US girls' name
105,986 babies named Margie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Margie was born in this single decade.
2,868 babies were named Margie in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Margie
The Social Security Administration has registered 105,986 babies named Margie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margie currently holds the #6369 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 2,868 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Margie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 25,495 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Margie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11,091 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Margie in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Margie 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 105,986 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.
Margie at a glance
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Margie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1925)
- 2,868
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #6369 among girls.
105,986 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 2,868 births in a single year.
Margie popularity over time — boys
403 total births recorded since 1917 (Margie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Margie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Margie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 25,495 births that decade — 24% of Margie's all-time total
Margie decade highlights
- Peak decade 25,495 births
- Runner-up 23,342 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Margie's strongest decade
25,495 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Margie by state
Where Margie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11,091 | 10.5% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 6,339 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 4,902 | 4.6% |
| #4 | California | | 4,873 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 4,591 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 4,326 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 4,252 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 4,137 | 3.9% |
11,091 of 105,986 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 6.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.6% of nationwide
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Kentucky 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 48 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Margie appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.