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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #46, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

Where Maggie is popular in 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #437 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,929 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #245 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,246 girlsINOhio: #429 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,001 girlsOHPennsylvania: #613 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,041 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #278 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,220 girlsMOKentucky: #107 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 450 girlsKYWest Virginia: #177 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 986 girlsWVVirginia: #112 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 428 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #188 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 684 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #117 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 464 girlsARTennessee: #77 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 324 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #59 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 231 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #44 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 168 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #131 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 563 girlsOKLouisiana: #129 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 535 girlsLAMississippi: #51 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 202 girlsMSAlabama: #64 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 253 girlsALGeorgia: #80 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 297 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedHITexas: #141 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 613 girlsTXFlorida: #119 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 455 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#44 · 1 in 168
  2. Mississippi#51 · 1 in 202
  3. North Carolina#59 · 1 in 231
  4. Alabama#64 · 1 in 253
  5. Tennessee#77 · 1 in 324

Best ever in a state: #10 in Alaska, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#441411 in 168
Mississippi#511111 in 202
North Carolina#591701 in 231
Alabama#641231 in 253
Tennessee#77881 in 324
Georgia#801161 in 297
Kentucky#107671 in 450
Virginia#112661 in 428
Arkansas#117441 in 464
Florida#119261 in 455
Louisiana#129431 in 535
Oklahoma#131451 in 563
Texas#141951 in 613
West Virginia#177211 in 986
New Mexico#18861 in 684
Indiana#245121 in 2,246
Missouri#278141 in 2,220
Ohio#42981 in 7,001
Illinois#437101 in 5,929
Pennsylvania#61361 in 16,041
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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 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 1923

girls
#176
1,248 births · 1 in 967 girls
boys
#4,239
5 births · 1 in 219,220 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #176Maggie1,248

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #4,239Maggie5
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 967 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 96.9% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #173Caroline1,304
  2. #174Rebecca1,274
  3. #175Antoinette1,251
  4. #176Maggie1,248
  5. #177Billie1,245
  6. #178Lorene1,227
  7. #179Olive1,222
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 219,220 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 13.6% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #3,822Yoneo6
  2. #3,822Yoshiharu6
  3. #3,822Zed6
  4. #4,239Maggie5
  5. #4,239Abdon5
  6. #4,239Ac5
  7. #4,239Add5

Tied with 665 names at #4,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923