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
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 979since 1883
Argie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Argie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #920 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
- 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%)
- 23.8% of all girls named Argie (233) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #920 (1883) | #920 |
| 1890s | 16 | #1,394 (1899) | #1,550 |
| 1900s | 58 | #1,067 (1901) | #1,604 |
| 1910s | 171 | #1,171 (1911) | #1,679 |
| 1920s | 233 | #1,487 (1929) | #1,779 |
| 1930s | 200 | #1,382 (1932) | #1,889 |
| 1940s | 134 | #1,795 (1945) | #2,670 |
| 1950s | 105 | #2,535 (1950) | #3,792 |
| 1960s | 48 | #3,959 (1966) | #5,543 |
| 1970s | 9 | #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
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
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).
- #2,102Wylma17
- #2,102Yola17
- #2,102Zela17
- #2,209Argie16
- #2,209Bena16
- #2,209Berdena16
- #2,209Byrdie16
- #2,289Ala15
- #2,289Alethea15
- #2,289Allyne15
Tied with 79 names at #2,209; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
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).
- #2,882Woodfin9
- #2,882Worthington9
- #2,882Zolton9
- #3,096Argie8
- #3,096Abb8
- #3,096Adren8
- #3,096Agustus8
- #3,368Acel7
- #3,368Achilles7
- #3,368Ada7
Tied with 271 names at #3,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.