Medgar — boys' name
46 babies named Medgar in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Medgar was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Medgar in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Medgar
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Medgar between 1963 and 1965, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Medgar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Medgar performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Medgar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Medgar 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 46 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.
Medgar at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Medgar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1963
- Peak year (1963)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
46 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 25 births in a single year.
Medgar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 46 births that decade — 100% of Medgar's all-time total
Medgar decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Medgar's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Medgar by state
Where Medgar concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 10.9% |
5 of 46 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 10.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 10.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.