Girls' name · since 1880
Margie
Margie has 106,004 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #360 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,551 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 106,004
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
106,004 babies have been named Margie since 1880, making it today's #6551 girls' name.
Margie has 106,004 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6551 as of the latest data, more common than 62% 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.
- #360 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,551 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 106,004 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margie ranks #360 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,551 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 106,004 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #360 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,551 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 106,004
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margie's 106,004 recorded births place it above 99.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Margie compares
106,004 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Margie's all-time total is 282x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Margie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 106,004 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,868 | 21 | 19,840 |
Margie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Margie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 21% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 79% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 9 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 2,868 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Margie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1925)
- 2,868
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Margie popularity over time - boys
403 total births recorded since 1917 (Margie as boys' name)
Margie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (25,495 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Margie's strongest decade.
25,495 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Margie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 456
1880s
456 births
- 1890s 1,034
1890s
1,034 births
- 1900s 2,097
1900s
2,097 births
- 1910s 6,771
1910s
6,771 births
- 1920s
1920s
25,495 births
- 1930s
1930s
23,342 births
- 1940s
1940s
20,261 births
- 1950s
1950s
13,673 births
- 1960s 8,161
1960s
8,161 births
- 1970s 2,443
1970s
2,443 births
- 1980s 1,161
1980s
1,161 births
- 1990s 545
1990s
545 births
- 2000s 287
2000s
287 births
- 2010s 162
2010s
162 births
- 2020s 116
2020s
116 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 25,495 births (24% of all-time use).
How Margie 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 Margie's total volume
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 106,004 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Margie appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Margie's data
- Margie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (25,495 total births); usage has since declined to 116 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Margies (11,091 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Margie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
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 Margie 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.