Girls' name · since 1905
Margo
Since 1905, U.S. Social Security records show 27,208 babies named Margo, peaking in 1954. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #888 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #559 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,208
- born since 1905
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Margo is the #559 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 27,208 recorded since 1905.
Margo has 27,208 recorded births among girls since 1905, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #559 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1905 to 2025.
- #888 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #559 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 27,208 born since 1905
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margo ranks #888 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #559 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 27,208 born since 1905, peaking in the 1950s.
- #888 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #559 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,208
- born since 1905
- 1950s
- peak decade
Margo's 27,208 recorded births place it above 98.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Margo compares
27,208 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Margo's all-time total is 72x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Margo | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27,208 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 715 | 21 | 19,840 |
Margo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Margo splits its recorded history at 1966: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1905 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1954 peak of 715 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Margo popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1905–2025
- Peak year (1954)
- 715
- Annual births at peak, across 121 years of records
Margo popularity over time - boys
34 total births recorded since 1941 (Margo as boys' name)
Margo by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (5,886 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Margo's strongest decade.
5,886 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Margo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 26
1900s
26 births
- 1910s 151
1910s
151 births
- 1920s 304
1920s
304 births
- 1930s 1,209
1930s
1,209 births
- 1940s
1940s
4,791 births
- 1950s
1950s
5,886 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,956 births
- 1970s 2,271
1970s
2,271 births
- 1980s 1,741
1980s
1,741 births
- 1990s 1,217
1990s
1,217 births
- 2000s 886
2000s
886 births
- 2010s 1,817
2010s
1,817 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,953 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5,886 births (22% of all-time use).
How Margo 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 Margo's total volume
Margo by state
Where Margo concentrates geographically, total births since 1905
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,680 | 9.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,178 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,804 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 1,589 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 1,336 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,247 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,103 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 706 | 2.6% |
2,680 of 27,208 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Margo appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Margo's data
- Margo's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (5,886 total births) through the 2020s (2,953) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Margos (2,680 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Margo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~120 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, 1905–2025 (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 Margo 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.