Marge

Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284

Peak · girls
1941 · 114 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,784
since 1889

Marge over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marge has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #664, 1941girls
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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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1976#9,2845
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1971#5,5439
1970#5,8188
1969#5,4568
1968#4,00012
1967#3,48414
1966#5,8096
1965#2,68421
1964#3,00018
1963#2,13131
1962#1,44459
1961#1,52055
1960#1,43059
1959#1,41757
1958#1,34961
1957#1,50750
1956#1,83534
1955#1,69137
1954#1,90930
1953#1,47344
1952#1,93427
1951#1,66533
1950#1,62633
1949#1,35346
1948#1,32748
1947#96984
1946#85793
1945#78491
1944#86777
1943#768102
1942#85980
1941#664114
1940#75285
1939#68099
1938#682101
1937#77877
1936#88859
1935#85565
1934#87560
1933#94752
1932#87563
1931#95353
1930#84072
1929#91561
1928#99456
1927#86373
1926#84376
1925#89568
1924#736100
1923#85274
1922#73498
1921#80483
1920#74694
1919#88263
1918#73993
1917#74090
1916#82467
1915#77473
1914#84349
1913#83040
1912#80938
1911#89823
1910#1,20714
1909#90920
1908#80923
1907#94516
1906#77622
1905#1,09312
1904#1,05012
1903#1,13710
1902#97213
1901#96112
1900#1,10612
1899#1,1818
1898#1,04711
1897#98211
1896#1,2927
1895#1,2028
1894#99810
1893
1892#1,2786
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1889#1,1476
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Marge! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Marge is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Marge
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
  • Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1906 (#1,093#776)
  • Biggest drop: 358 spots in 1948 (#969#1,327)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1941 at #664 (114 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1911–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,598
  • Highest: 1 in 10,598 girls born in 1941 were named Marge (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,020 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 21.7% of all girls named Marge (820) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s61#982 (1897)#1,140
1900s152#776 (1906)#976
1910s550#739 (1918)#855
1920s783#734 (1922)#838
1930s701#680 (1939)#837
1940s820#664 (1941)#920
1950s406#1,349 (1958)#1,641
1960s283#1,430 (1960)#3,096
1970s22#5,543 (1971)#6,882

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.

Marge in 1909

girls
#909
20 births · 1 in 17,361 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #909Marge20
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 17,361 of them was named Marge, which outranked 64.3% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marge
  1. #890Twila21
  2. #890Veola21
  3. #890Zena21
  4. #909Marge20
  5. #909Aida20
  6. #909Allean20
  7. #909Almeta20
  8. #935Albertine19
  9. #935Amber19
  10. #935America19

Tied with 25 names at #909; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 994Laverna#1,862#868
  2. 994Nevada#1,862#868
  3. 901Gayle#1,862#961
  4. 686Elba#1,676#990
  5. 612Gertha#1,547#935
Fallers
  1. 1,045Arnetta#912#1,957
  2. 987Launa#970#1,957
  3. 668Buna#939#1,607
  4. 540Arlena#829#1,369
  5. 540Elta#829#1,369

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

See the top 100 for 1909