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 | — | — | ||
| 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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 44,358 of them was named Argie, which outranked 70.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,541Yola27
- #1,541Zena27
- #1,541Zetta27
- #1,589Argie26
- #1,589Afton26
- #1,589Aggie26
- #1,589Ardyth26
- #1,637Adelene25
- #1,637Agustina25
- #1,637Allen25
Tied with 47 names at #1,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 158,230 of them was named Argie, which outranked 28.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,076Willoughby8
- #3,076Woodard8
- #3,076York8
- #3,357Argie7
- #3,357Abundio7
- #3,357Agostino7
- #3,357Aldean7
- #3,697Abb6
- #3,697Abbott6
- #3,697Abdon6
Tied with 339 names at #3,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.