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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #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 1924

  • 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: #515 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,775 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMINew York: #635 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,900 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #304 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,138 girlsINOhio: #434 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,430 girlsOHPennsylvania: #498 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,943 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #440 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,210 girlsCAUtah: 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: #344 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,215 girlsMOKentucky: #100 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 429 girlsKYWest Virginia: #154 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 770 girlsWVVirginia: #119 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 489 girlsVAMaryland: #211 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,600 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #165 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 611 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #121 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 492 girlsARTennessee: #70 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 302 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #74 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 265 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #44 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 165 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #180 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 855 girlsOKLouisiana: #143 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 624 girlsLAMississippi: #40 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 170 girlsMSAlabama: #66 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 267 girlsALGeorgia: #81 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 304 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedHITexas: #184 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 843 girlsTXFlorida: #90 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 333 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#40 · 1 in 170
  2. South Carolina#44 · 1 in 165
  3. Alabama#66 · 1 in 267
  4. Tennessee#70 · 1 in 302
  5. North Carolina#74 · 1 in 265

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#401341 in 170
South Carolina#441501 in 165
Alabama#661221 in 267
Tennessee#70991 in 302
North Carolina#741561 in 265
Georgia#811131 in 304
Florida#90401 in 333
Kentucky#100741 in 429
Virginia#119591 in 489
Arkansas#121441 in 492
Louisiana#143391 in 624
West Virginia#154281 in 770
New Mexico#16571 in 611
Oklahoma#180301 in 855
Texas#184741 in 843
Maryland#21191 in 1,600
Indiana#30491 in 3,138
Missouri#344101 in 3,215
Ohio#43491 in 6,430
California#44091 in 4,210
Pennsylvania#498101 in 9,943
Illinois#51581 in 7,775
New York#63561 in 16,900
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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 1924

girls
#181
1,259 births · 1 in 992 girls
boys
#2,641
11 births · 1 in 102,977 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #181Maggie1,259

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #2,641Maggie11
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 992 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 96.9% of the 5,900 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. #177Winifred1,269
  2. #179Irma1,268
  3. #180Estelle1,266
  4. #181Maggie1,259
  5. #182Imogene1,247
  6. #183Bettie1,228
  7. #184Regina1,226
Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 459Bettylou#1,327#868
  2. 374Doloris#1,350#976
  3. 332Gaynell#1,283#951
  4. 313Toby#1,305#992
  5. 262Letty#1,213#951
Fallers
  1. 388Izola#966#1,354
  2. 305Fumiko#953#1,258
  3. 303Clemmie#941#1,244
  4. 276Cruz#793#1,069
  5. 271Eris#457#728

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

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 102,977 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 46.9% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #2,473Wilmon12
  2. #2,473Zoltan12
  3. #2,473Zygmund12
  4. #2,641Maggie11
  5. #2,641Abelino11
  6. #2,641Aldridge11
  7. #2,641Alfonza11
  8. #2,822Abbott10
  9. #2,822Albion10
  10. #2,822Antonino10

Tied with 180 names at #2,641; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924