Maggie

Where Maggie comes from

The dictionaries list Maggie as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Margaret — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #46 among girls with 582 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1956
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #553.
  3. 1964
    Maggie Cheung born
    Hong Kong actress
  4. 1983
    Maggie Grace born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.
Namesakes
  • Maggie Grace · American actress, born 1983
  • Maggie Cheung · Hong Kong actress, born 1964
  • Maggie Hassan · American politician, born 1958
  • Maggie McNamara · American actress, 1928–1978
  • Maggie Siff · American actress, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.