Girls' name · peaked in 1933
Margie name popularity since 1925
83,534 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Margie. Half of them were born in 1942 or earlier, so the typical Margie is about 84 years old in 2026. Margie peaked in 1933 as the #95 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 83,534
- Named Margie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1933
- #95 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,730 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 83,187 girls · 347 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 2.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Margie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Margie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Margie peaked in 1933.
- Steepest fall: Between 1962 and 1967, Margie's share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 1,460 to 1 in 3,360.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Margie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Margie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Margie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 13,036 | 65 | – |
| 1930s | 23,342 | 149 | #100 |
| 1940s | 20,261 | 94 | #138 |
| 1950s | 13,673 | 20 | #227 |
| 1960s | 8,161 | 19 | #347 |
| 1970s | 2,443 | 0 | #728 |
| 1980s | 1,161 | 0 | #1,316 |
| 1990s | 545 | 0 | #3,257 |
| 2000s | 287 | 0 | #4,547 |
| 2010s | 162 | 0 | #6,630 |
| 2020–25 | 116 | 0 | #6,730 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.9% of babies named Margie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Margie is most popular
The index compares Margie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Margie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2.86× | 2,819 |
| Arkansas | 2.85× | 2,381 |
| South Carolina | 2.74× | 3,121 |
| Kentucky | 2.61× | 3,556 |
| Alabama | 2.42× | 3,486 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Margie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Margie (this page) | 83,187 | 1933 |
| Margy | 1,218 | 1929 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Margie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Margie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Margie (1933).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data