Margy

Last seen for girls in 1969 at #6,617

Peak · girls
1929 · 74 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,525
since 1911

Margy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Margy has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #822, 1929girls
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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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1969#6,6176
1968#5,1478
1967#6,8045
1966#5,2737
1965#5,2897
1964#5,0088
1963#3,80112
1962#3,03317
1961#2,75220
1960#3,51213
1959#2,45822
1958#2,32224
1957#3,48912
1956#3,32113
1955#2,34122
1954#2,69517
1953#3,48011
1952#2,58117
1951#1,96825
1950#2,53516
1949#1,84527
1948#1,62133
1947#2,08922
1946#1,80825
1945#1,62126
1944#1,51929
1943#1,21244
1942#1,12649
1941#1,75021
1940#1,40429
1939#1,19437
1938#1,50525
1937#1,13240
1936#1,15038
1935#1,35629
1934#1,07942
1933#1,12339
1932#1,19236
1931#1,19936
1930#97157
1929#82274
1928#1,11546
1927#1,03555
1926#1,19841
1925#1,32436
1924#1,18844
1923#1,03753
1922#1,20741
1921#1,29836
1920#1,70824
1919#2,51513
1918#1,96319
1917#1,43127
1916#2,36813
1915#1,88317
1914#3,1886
1913#2,1649
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1911#2,4635
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Margy! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Margy is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #512 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,171 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #622 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,410 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #541 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,208 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Margy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#512 · 1 in 8,171
  2. California#541 · 1 in 6,208
  3. Pennsylvania#622 · 1 in 16,410

Best ever in a state: #253 in Nebraska, 1928.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#51271 in 8,171
California#54161 in 6,208
Pennsylvania#62251 in 16,410
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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 Margy
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
  • Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1929 (#1,115#822)
  • Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1931 (#971#1,199)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1929 at #822 (74 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1929–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,089
  • Highest: 1 in 15,089 girls born in 1929 were named Margy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 281,169 girls born in 1969 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.5% of all girls named Margy (450) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s109#1,431 (1917)#2,247
1920s450#822 (1929)#1,193
1930s379#971 (1930)#1,190
1940s305#1,126 (1942)#1,600
1950s179#1,968 (1951)#2,719
1960s103#2,752 (1961)#4,724

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.

Margy in 1930

girls
#971
57 births · 1 in 19,753 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #971Margy57
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 19,753 of them was named Margy, which outranked 81.5% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Margy
  1. #956Patrica58
  2. #956Prudence58
  3. #956Versie58
  4. #971Margy57
  5. #971Cathleen57
  6. #971Clarabelle57
  7. #971Lida57
  8. #983Ethelene56
  9. #983Florida56
  10. #983Georgetta56

Tied with 11 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930