Margery
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1921 · 564 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,791since 1880
Margery over time
Rank among girls' names. Margery has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 |
| 1969 | #2,003 | 39 |
| 1968 | #1,728 | 46 |
| 1967 | #1,559 | 52 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 |
| 1965 | #1,226 | 77 |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 |
| 1963 | #1,188 | 84 |
| 1962 | #1,167 | 88 |
| 1961 | #1,079 | 103 |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 |
| 1959 | #1,126 | 90 |
| 1958 | #973 | 113 |
| 1957 | #946 | 118 |
| 1956 | #822 | 144 |
| 1955 | #821 | 138 |
| 1954 | #768 | 148 |
| 1953 | #633 | 198 |
| 1952 | #610 | 204 |
| 1951 | #671 | 170 |
| 1950 | #622 | 184 |
| 1949 | #561 | 220 |
| 1948 | #547 | 229 |
| 1947 | #472 | 302 |
| 1946 | #539 | 215 |
| 1945 | #494 | 216 |
| 1944 | #461 | 242 |
| 1943 | #488 | 230 |
| 1942 | #467 | 249 |
| 1941 | #471 | 222 |
| 1940 | #460 | 212 |
| 1939 | #464 | 210 |
| 1938 | #454 | 219 |
| 1937 | #439 | 224 |
| 1936 | #438 | 217 |
| 1935 | #404 | 254 |
| 1934 | #385 | 277 |
| 1933 | #369 | 297 |
| 1932 | #358 | 316 |
| 1931 | #362 | 317 |
| 1930 | #356 | 354 |
| 1929 | #338 | 365 |
| 1928 | #333 | 400 |
| 1927 | #322 | 435 |
| 1926 | #317 | 439 |
| 1925 | #316 | 444 |
| 1924 | #294 | 515 |
| 1923 | #287 | 515 |
| 1922 | #289 | 511 |
| 1921 | #279 | 564 |
| 1920 | #283 | 534 |
| 1919 | #318 | 393 |
| 1918 | #330 | 378 |
| 1917 | #312 | 390 |
| 1916 | #339 | 330 |
| 1915 | #362 | 275 |
| 1914 | #409 | 167 |
| 1913 | #438 | 127 |
| 1912 | #411 | 127 |
| 1911 | #473 | 76 |
| 1910 | #500 | 66 |
| 1909 | #509 | 54 |
| 1908 | #535 | 47 |
| 1907 | #529 | 46 |
| 1906 | #477 | 51 |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 |
| 1904 | #529 | 39 |
| 1903 | #496 | 41 |
| 1902 | #545 | 35 |
| 1901 | #481 | 39 |
| 1900 | #556 | 38 |
| 1899 | #455 | 41 |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 |
| 1897 | #470 | 37 |
| 1896 | #440 | 43 |
| 1895 | #465 | 39 |
| 1894 | #475 | 35 |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 |
| 1892 | #471 | 33 |
| 1891 | #483 | 28 |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 |
| 1887 | #403 | 29 |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
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 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#346 · 1 in 5,545
- New Jersey#406 · 1 in 5,265
- Wisconsin#439 · 1 in 6,940
- Washington#487 · 1 in 5,698
- New York#506 · 1 in 6,684
Best ever in a state: #86 in Delaware, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #346 | 9 | 1 in 5,545 |
| New Jersey | #406 | 10 | 1 in 5,265 |
| Wisconsin | #439 | 6 | 1 in 6,940 |
| Washington | #487 | 5 | 1 in 5,698 |
| New York | #506 | 24 | 1 in 6,684 |
| Michigan | #545 | 10 | 1 in 8,766 |
| Pennsylvania | #556 | 12 | 1 in 9,418 |
| Ohio | #628 | 9 | 1 in 11,330 |
| California | #695 | 14 | 1 in 10,249 |
| Illinois | #882 | 5 | 1 in 19,936 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1921 at #279 (564 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1958
- 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%)
- 29.9% of all girls named Margery (4,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | #403 (1887) | #621 |
| 1890s | 350 | #440 (1896) | #477 |
| 1900s | 425 | #477 (1906) | #524 |
| 1910s | 2,329 | #312 (1917) | #389 |
| 1920s | 4,722 | #279 (1921) | #306 |
| 1930s | 2,685 | #356 (1930) | #403 |
| 1940s | 2,337 | #460 (1940) | #496 |
| 1950s | 1,507 | #610 (1952) | #799 |
| 1960s | 711 | #1,079 (1961) | #1,378 |
| 1970s | 247 | #1,952 (1970) | #3,362 |
| 1980s | 150 | #3,506 (1980) | #5,305 |
| 1990s | 86 | #5,286 (1990) | #9,188 |
| 2000s | 58 | #9,482 (2002) | #12,824 |
| 2010s | 32 | #9,341 (2017) | #11,934 |
| 2020s | 23 | #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 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 13,121 of them was named Margery, which outranked 88.4% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #760Marlys150
- #766Pamella149
- #766Susanna149
- #768Margery148
- #768Elyse148
- #768Louisa148
- #768Rachael148
- #773Abigail147
- #773Teressa147
- #775Dottie146
Tied with 4 names at #768; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.