Midge — girls' name

What the Data Says About Midge

The Social Security Administration has registered 805 babies named Midge between 1916 and 1974, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Midge currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Midge performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Midge shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Midge in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Midge 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 805 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.