Girls' name · since 1894
Margot
Margot has 25,568 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #911 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #102 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,568
- born since 1894
- 2020s
- peak decade
25,568 babies have been named Margot since 1894, making it today's #102 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Margot recorded 25,568 times among girls since 1894, holding rank #102 nationally today, ahead of 99.4% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 2025.
- #911 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #102 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 25,568 born since 1894
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margot ranks #911 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #102 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 25,568 born since 1894, peaking in the 2020s.
- #911 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #102 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,568
- born since 1894
- 2020s
- peak decade
Margot's 25,568 recorded births place it above 98.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Margot compares
25,568 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
Margot's all-time total is 68x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Margot | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25,568 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,575 | 21 | 19,840 |
Margot's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Margot's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 82% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 18%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1894, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 2,575, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Margot popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 2,575
- Annual births at peak, across 132 years of records
Margot by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11,061 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Margot's strongest decade.
11,061 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Margot births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 16
1890s
16 births
- 1900s 69
1900s
69 births
- 1910s 285
1910s
285 births
- 1920s 471
1920s
471 births
- 1930s 1,110
1930s
1,110 births
- 1940s 1,206
1940s
1,206 births
- 1950s 1,130
1950s
1,130 births
- 1960s 1,208
1960s
1,208 births
- 1970s 617
1970s
617 births
- 1980s 980
1980s
980 births
- 1990s 964
1990s
964 births
- 2000s 1,172
2000s
1,172 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,279 births
- 2020s
2020s
11,061 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11,061 births (43% of all-time use).
How Margot 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 Margot's total volume
Margot by state
Where Margot concentrates geographically, total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,604 | 10.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,541 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,909 | 7.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,314 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,104 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 857 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 774 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 681 | 2.7% |
2,604 of 25,568 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Margot appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Margot's data
- California records the most Margots (2,604 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 Margot: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~131 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, 1894–2025 (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 Margot 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.