Margit — girls' name

What the Data Says About Margit

The Social Security Administration has registered 672 babies named Margit between 1908 and 1993, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margit currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Margit performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Margit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Margit in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Margit 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 672 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.