Margy — girls' name

What the Data Says About Margy

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,525 babies named Margy between 1911 and 1969, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Margy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Margy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Margy in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Margy 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 1,525 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.