Maggie

#294 for girls in 2025, 1,041 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 582 births
Debut · girls
582 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
123,078
since 1880

Maggie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #46, 1880girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2941,041
2024#2991,057
2023#318977
2022#2931,076
2021#2831,124
2020#2931,091
2019#2951,135
2018#2941,128
2017#2481,287
2016#2421,324
2015#2411,338
2014#2381,356
2013#2321,386
2012#2471,308
2011#2301,389
2010#2251,409
2009#2331,426
2008#2141,607
2007#1811,874
2006#1891,853#12,0555
2005#2101,658#11,4725
2004#2051,631#6,13812
2003#1881,718
2002#1901,697
2001#1811,819
2000#1981,614
1999#2241,423
1998#2481,237
1997#2771,054
1996#2561,103
1995#2501,137
1994#2331,225
1993#281984#6,8167
1992#2711,040
1991#296937
1990#288958
1989#308840
1988#281888
1987#279877#6,0896
1986#295828
1985#264945
1984#286843
1983#313738
1982#383602
1981#439487
1980#460460
1979#438469
1978#532342
1977#472410
1976#470404
1975#461408
1974#498353
1973#504341
1972#645236
1971#716212
1970#803172
1969#786170
1968#749175
1967#659211
1966#740178
1965#756175
1964#653245
1963#604273
1962#613267
1961#570308
1960#535325
1959#523346
1958#559306
1957#558296
1956#553287
1955#485348
1954#480346
1953#464336
1952#423407
1951#425387
1950#383444
1949#385420
1948#353482
1947#346529
1946#350469
1945#326440
1944#296516
1943#291566
1942#289546#3,5605
1941#276540#3,1336
1940#278511
1939#260567#2,6098
1938#262580#2,8687
1937#251635#3,1756
1936#242661#3,5495
1935#240686
1934#233729#3,2776
1933#233677#2,7388
1932#224734#2,8498
1931#222742#2,8648
1930#216794#2,7819
1929#212859#2,45211
1928#1981,020#2,8439
1927#1881,090#3,4517
1926#1891,092#3,7086
1925#1791,215#3,1558
1924#1811,259#2,64111
1923#1761,248#4,2395
1922#1701,313#3,8726
1921#1731,300#2,80410
1920#1721,299#3,4897
1919#1551,428#2,38512
1918#1581,394#2,39812
1917#1611,268
1916#1571,277
1915#1501,269
1914#1411,055
1913#1271,019#2,4966
1912#1151,013#2,5445
1911#111822
1910#95940#1,5895
1909#98794
1908#95772
1907#91846
1906#84839#79810
1905#84809#1,0916
1904#81805
1903#80780
1902#78853
1901#80746
1900#751,045#1,3105
1899#70814
1898#72876#8857
1897#75760
1896#69871
1895#67890
1894#66895
1893#64886
1892#64883#1,0665
1891#60841#7008
1890#61891#62910
1889#61825
1888#57882
1887#55740
1886#53756
1885#51716
1884#48749
1883#48663
1882#50627
1881#51532
1880#46582
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maggie was already there! It came in at #46, and was given to 582 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1972, when fewer than 250 girls a year got the name.

See more about Maggie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#299#294)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#293#294)
  • 53 spots since 2015 (#241#294)
  • Biggest jump: 141 spots in 1973 (#645#504)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1965 (#653#756)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #46 (582 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1880–1910
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 156
  • Highest: 1 in 156 girls born in 1880 were named Maggie (0.64%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,544 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 13.7% of all girls named Maggie (16,897) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,072#46 (1880)#52
1890s8,607#60 (1891)#67
1900s8,289#75 (1900)#85
1910s11,485#95 (1910)#137
1920s11,695#170 (1922)#184
1930s6,805#216 (1930)#238
1940s5,019#276 (1941)#319
1950s3,503#383 (1950)#485
1960s2,327#535 (1960)#667
1970s3,347#438 (1979)#554
1980s7,508#264 (1985)#331
1990s11,098#224 (1999)#262
2000s16,897#181 (2007)#199
2010s13,060#225 (2010)#249
2020s6,366#283 (2021)#297

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.

Maggie in 1922

girls
#170
1,313 births · 1 in 915 girls
boys
#3,872
6 births · 1 in 181,359 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #170Maggie1,313

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #3,872Maggie6
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 915 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 97.1% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #167Claire1,339
  2. #168Estelle1,331
  3. #169Olive1,323
  4. #170Maggie1,313
  5. #171Peggy1,304
  6. #172Susie1,303
  7. #173Rebecca1,296
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 181,359 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #3,532Yoichi7
  2. #3,532Zachariah7
  3. #3,532Zigmond7
  4. #3,872Maggie6
  5. #3,872Ab6
  6. #3,872Abbie6
  7. #3,872Able6
  8. #4,307Achilles5
  9. #4,307Addis5
  10. #4,307Adelaido5

Tied with 434 names at #3,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922