Argie

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #5,413 · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,646
Given to girls 87.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1883 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
979
since 1883

Argie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #920, 1883peak #2,471, 1931girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1970#5,4139
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1966#3,95911
1965#5,8176
1964#6,0096
1963#4,8968#3,6466
1962#5,8606
1961#6,5675
1960#5,6966
1959#4,6258
1958#5,4086
1957#3,30913
1956#3,69611#3,9425
1955#3,57111#3,8865
1954#3,32512
1953#4,5957
1952#3,37211
1951#3,48210
1950#2,53516
1949#3,39310
1948#2,32918
1947#3,24011
1946#2,39216
1945#1,79522
1944#2,51113
1943#2,44714#3,5385
1942#2,98610#2,5239
1941#3,0309
1940#2,57211
1939#2,41712
1938#3,4507
1937#1,41627
1936#1,74119#2,8547
1935#1,72020
1934#1,69720
1933#1,97016
1932#1,38229#2,6389
1931#1,59423#2,47110
1930#1,49927#2,7819
1929#1,48727#3,9595
1928#1,58926#3,3577
1927#2,09518#3,1518
1926#2,07618#2,72510
1925#1,79523#4,1975
1924#1,56629
1923#1,59827#3,4677
1922#1,89721#3,5327
1921#1,86722#4,3225
1920#1,81622
1919#1,34833#4,1685
1918#2,20916#3,0968
1917#2,20415#3,9815
1916#1,80519
1915#1,67220#2,6219
1914#1,89613
1913#1,76612
1912#1,29717
1911#1,17115
1910#1,42111
1909#2,2085
1908#2,1015
1907
1906#1,10112
1905#1,5387
1904
1903#1,5926
1902#1,7935
1901#1,06710
1900#1,4318
1899#1,3946
1898#1,7005
1897#1,5555
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1883#9205
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Argie! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #920 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,464
  • Highest: 1 in 22,464 girls born in 1883 were named Argie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 194,238 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.8% of all girls named Argie (233) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#920 (1883)#920
1890s16#1,394 (1899)#1,550
1900s58#1,067 (1901)#1,604
1910s171#1,171 (1911)#1,679
1920s233#1,487 (1929)#1,779
1930s200#1,382 (1932)#1,889
1940s134#1,795 (1945)#2,670
1950s105#2,535 (1950)#3,792
1960s48#3,959 (1966)#5,543
1970s9#5,413 (1970)#5,413

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Argie in 1918

girls
#2,209
16 births · 1 in 72,352 girls
boys
#3,096
8 births · 1 in 126,685 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #2,209Argie16

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #3,096Argie8
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 72,352 of them was named Argie, which outranked 60.4% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Argie
  1. #2,102Wylma17
  2. #2,102Yola17
  3. #2,102Zela17
  4. #2,209Argie16
  5. #2,209Bena16
  6. #2,209Berdena16
  7. #2,209Byrdie16
  8. #2,289Ala15
  9. #2,289Alethea15
  10. #2,289Allyne15

Tied with 79 names at #2,209; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 126,685 of them was named Argie, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Argie
  1. #2,882Woodfin9
  2. #2,882Worthington9
  3. #2,882Zolton9
  4. #3,096Argie8
  5. #3,096Abb8
  6. #3,096Adren8
  7. #3,096Agustus8
  8. #3,368Acel7
  9. #3,368Achilles7
  10. #3,368Ada7

Tied with 271 names at #3,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918