Margery

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
#279
1921 · 564 births
Debut · girls
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #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.

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 1965

girls
#1,226
77 births · 1 in 22,924 girls

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #1,226Margery77
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 22,924 of them was named Margery, which outranked 83.7% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Margery
  1. #1,218Nettie78
  2. #1,218Pandora78
  3. #1,218Tamar78
  4. #1,226Margery77
  5. #1,226Andria77
  6. #1,226Cecile77
  7. #1,226Charlette77
  8. #1,238Kellye76
  9. #1,238Zoe76
  10. #1,240Addie75

Tied with 11 names at #1,226; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

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

See the top 100 for 1965 →