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
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| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
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| 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 | — | |
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| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
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| 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 | — | |
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| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Argie is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#801 · 1 in 8,643
Best ever in a state: #430 in Arkansas, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #801 | 6 | 1 in 8,643 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 34,246 of them was named Argie, which outranked 75.8% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,325Valentina34
- #1,325Verena34
- #1,325Wilmer34
- #1,348Argie33
- #1,348Aggie33
- #1,348Alyne33
- #1,348Amber33
- #1,369Almira32
- #1,369Annamarie32
- #1,369Bula32
Tied with 20 names at #1,348; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 196,024 of them was named Argie, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 642 names at #4,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.