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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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.

Where Maggie is popular in 1935

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedILWisconsin: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #502 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,820 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: #391 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,390 girlsMOKentucky: #169 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 831 girlsKYWest Virginia: #290 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,303 girlsWVVirginia: #155 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 789 girlsVAMaryland: #207 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,649 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedDEArizona: #176 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 648 girlsAZNew Mexico: #104 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 396 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #209 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 997 girlsARTennessee: #145 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 667 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #90 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 373 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #67 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 266 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #316 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,197 girlsOKLouisiana: #238 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,142 girlsLAMississippi: #65 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 260 girlsMSAlabama: #88 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 353 girlsALGeorgia: #115 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 459 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedHITexas: #263 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsTXFlorida: #152 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 624 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#65 · 1 in 260
  2. South Carolina#67 · 1 in 266
  3. Alabama#88 · 1 in 353
  4. North Carolina#90 · 1 in 373
  5. New Mexico#104 · 1 in 396

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#65851 in 260
South Carolina#67771 in 266
Alabama#88831 in 353
North Carolina#90981 in 373
New Mexico#104131 in 396
Georgia#115661 in 459
Tennessee#145411 in 667
Florida#152201 in 624
Virginia#155291 in 789
Kentucky#169321 in 831
Arizona#17661 in 648
Maryland#20771 in 1,649
Arkansas#209191 in 997
Louisiana#238181 in 1,142
Texas#263421 in 1,351
West Virginia#29081 in 2,303
Oklahoma#316101 in 2,197
Missouri#39161 in 4,390
California#50261 in 5,820
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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 1935

girls
#240
686 births · 1 in 1,529 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #240Maggie686
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 1,529 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 95.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #237Gayle705
  2. #238Claudette704
  3. #239Bettye700
  4. #240Maggie686
  5. #241Jacquelyn679
  6. #242Colleen672
  7. #243Mona670
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →