Girls' name · since 1939
Midgie
Midgie has 30 recorded births since 1939 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1939 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
Midgie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 30 recorded since 1939.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Midgie has been recorded 30 times among girls since 1939, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1946.
- #41,012 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1939
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Midgie ranks #41,012 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1939, peaking in the 1940s.
- #41,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
Midgie's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Midgie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Midgie splits its recorded history at 1941: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1939 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Midgie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1946
- Peak year (1939)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Midgie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (20 births, 67% of the file).
1940s was Midgie's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Midgie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 20 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Midgie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 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, 1939–1946 (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 Midgie 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.