Margery

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1921 · 564 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,791
since 1880

Margery over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Margery has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #279, 1921girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024
2023
2022#11,2318
2021
2020#10,2509
2019#12,4487
2018
2017#9,34111
2016#12,8767
2015
2014#13,0697
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#13,8327
2007#15,4916
2006
2005#14,5026
2004#12,7617
2003#10,4259
2002#9,48210
2001#15,3525
2000#10,7458
1999#9,4799
1998#12,4266
1997#12,0706
1996#8,8129
1995#10,5147
1994
1993#7,03812
1992#10,4797
1991#6,58813
1990#5,28617
1989#6,95511
1988#5,59814
1987#6,33511
1986#8,5237
1985#4,63516
1984#4,31817
1983#5,14813
1982#4,02519
1981#4,00519
1980#3,50623
1979#7,3138
1978#4,45915
1977#3,48621
1976#3,09523
1975#2,81126
1974#2,61628
1973#2,26734
1972#2,74725
1971#2,87424
1970#1,95243
1969#2,00339
1968#1,72846
1967#1,55952
1966#1,33566
1965#1,22677
1964#1,29374
1963#1,18884
1962#1,16788
1961#1,079103
1960#1,19982
1959#1,12690
1958#973113
1957#946118
1956#822144
1955#821138
1954#768148
1953#633198
1952#610204
1951#671170
1950#622184
1949#561220
1948#547229
1947#472302
1946#539215
1945#494216
1944#461242
1943#488230
1942#467249
1941#471222
1940#460212
1939#464210
1938#454219
1937#439224
1936#438217
1935#404254
1934#385277
1933#369297
1932#358316
1931#362317
1930#356354
1929#338365
1928#333400
1927#322435
1926#317439
1925#316444
1924#294515
1923#287515
1922#289511
1921#279564
1920#283534
1919#318393
1918#330378
1917#312390
1916#339330
1915#362275
1914#409167
1913#438127
1912#411127
1911#47376
1910#50066
1909#50954
1908#53547
1907#52946
1906#47751
1905#58735
1904#52939
1903#49641
1902#54535
1901#48139
1900#55638
1899#45541
1898#50238
1897#47037
1896#44043
1895#46539
1894#47535
1893#48731
1892#47133
1891#48328
1890#52425
1889#72413
1888#75312
1887#40329
1886#54017
1885#7938
1884#64011
1883#57911
1882#53012
1881#6238
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Margery was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Margery is popular in 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNHWashington: #165 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 871 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #158 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,033 girlsMNIllinois: #249 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,197 girlsILWisconsin: #210 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,775 girlsWIMichigan: #235 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,027 girlsMINew York: #288 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,021 girlsNYMassachusetts: #164 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,360 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedSDIowa: #141 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 796 girlsIAIndiana: #312 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,382 girlsINOhio: #263 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,621 girlsOHPennsylvania: #313 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,070 girlsPANew Jersey: #198 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,720 girlsNJConnecticut: #141 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 863 girlsCTCalifornia: #347 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,191 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedCONebraska: #224 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,530 girlsNEMissouri: #397 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,497 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNMKansas: #325 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,808 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedHITexas: #886 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,239 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#141 · 1 in 796
  2. Connecticut#141 · 1 in 863
  3. Minnesota#158 · 1 in 1,033
  4. Massachusetts#164 · 1 in 1,360
  5. Washington#165 · 1 in 871

Best ever in a state: #86 in Delaware, 1923.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#141121 in 863
Iowa#141231 in 796
Minnesota#158191 in 1,033
Massachusetts#164221 in 1,360
Washington#165101 in 871
New Jersey#198161 in 1,720
Wisconsin#210131 in 1,775
Nebraska#22471 in 1,530
Michigan#235191 in 2,027
Illinois#249241 in 2,197
Ohio#263181 in 2,621
New York#288301 in 3,021
Indiana#31271 in 3,382
Pennsylvania#313191 in 4,070
Kansas#32551 in 2,808
California#347111 in 3,191
Missouri#39761 in 4,497
Texas#88651 in 11,239
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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 Margery
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,958 spots since 2020 (#10,250#13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1886 (#793#540)
  • Biggest drop: 350 spots in 1888 (#403#753)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1921 at #279 (564 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,186
  • Highest: 1 in 2,186 girls born in 1921 were named Margery (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.9% of all girls named Margery (4,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s129#403 (1887)#621
1890s350#440 (1896)#477
1900s425#477 (1906)#524
1910s2,329#312 (1917)#389
1920s4,722#279 (1921)#306
1930s2,685#356 (1930)#403
1940s2,337#460 (1940)#496
1950s1,507#610 (1952)#799
1960s711#1,079 (1961)#1,378
1970s247#1,952 (1970)#3,362
1980s150#3,506 (1980)#5,305
1990s86#5,286 (1990)#9,188
2000s58#9,482 (2002)#12,824
2010s32#9,341 (2017)#11,934
2020s23#10,250 (2020)#11,563

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.

Margery in 1931

girls
#362
317 births · 1 in 3,359 girls

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #362Margery317
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 3,359 of them was named Margery, which outranked 92.7% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Margery
  1. #359Robbie321
  2. #360Leah319
  3. #361Beverley318
  4. #362Margery317
  5. #363Earnestine316
  6. #364Consuelo315
  7. #365Delia311
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

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

See the top 100 for 1931