Maggie

#294 for girls in 2025, 1,041 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 582 births
Debut · girls
582 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
123,078
since 1880

Maggie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #46, 1880girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2941,041—
2024#2991,057—
2023#318977—
2022#2931,076—
2021#2831,124—
2020#2931,091—
2019#2951,135—
2018#2941,128—
2017#2481,287—
2016#2421,324—
2015#2411,338—
2014#2381,356—
2013#2321,386—
2012#2471,308—
2011#2301,389—
2010#2251,409—
2009#2331,426—
2008#2141,607—
2007#1811,874—
2006#1891,853#12,0555
2005#2101,658#11,4725
2004#2051,631#6,13812
2003#1881,718—
2002#1901,697—
2001#1811,819—
2000#1981,614—
1999#2241,423—
1998#2481,237—
1997#2771,054—
1996#2561,103—
1995#2501,137—
1994#2331,225—
1993#281984#6,8167
1992#2711,040—
1991#296937—
1990#288958—
1989#308840—
1988#281888—
1987#279877#6,0896
1986#295828—
1985#264945—
1984#286843—
1983#313738—
1982#383602—
1981#439487—
1980#460460—
1979#438469—
1978#532342—
1977#472410—
1976#470404—
1975#461408—
1974#498353—
1973#504341—
1972#645236—
1971#716212—
1970#803172—
1969#786170—
1968#749175—
1967#659211—
1966#740178—
1965#756175—
1964#653245—
1963#604273—
1962#613267—
1961#570308—
1960#535325—
1959#523346—
1958#559306—
1957#558296—
1956#553287—
1955#485348—
1954#480346—
1953#464336—
1952#423407—
1951#425387—
1950#383444—
1949#385420—
1948#353482—
1947#346529—
1946#350469—
1945#326440—
1944#296516—
1943#291566—
1942#289546#3,5605
1941#276540#3,1336
1940#278511—
1939#260567#2,6098
1938#262580#2,8687
1937#251635#3,1756
1936#242661#3,5495
1935#240686—
1934#233729#3,2776
1933#233677#2,7388
1932#224734#2,8498
1931#222742#2,8648
1930#216794#2,7819
1929#212859#2,45211
1928#1981,020#2,8439
1927#1881,090#3,4517
1926#1891,092#3,7086
1925#1791,215#3,1558
1924#1811,259#2,64111
1923#1761,248#4,2395
1922#1701,313#3,8726
1921#1731,300#2,80410
1920#1721,299#3,4897
1919#1551,428#2,38512
1918#1581,394#2,39812
1917#1611,268—
1916#1571,277—
1915#1501,269—
1914#1411,055—
1913#1271,019#2,4966
1912#1151,013#2,5445
1911#111822—
1910#95940#1,5895
1909#98794—
1908#95772—
1907#91846—
1906#84839#79810
1905#84809#1,0916
1904#81805—
1903#80780—
1902#78853—
1901#80746—
1900#751,045#1,3105
1899#70814—
1898#72876#8857
1897#75760—
1896#69871—
1895#67890—
1894#66895—
1893#64886—
1892#64883#1,0665
1891#60841#7008
1890#61891#62910
1889#61825—
1888#57882—
1887#55740—
1886#53756—
1885#51716—
1884#48749—
1883#48663—
1882#50627—
1881#51532—
1880#46582—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maggie was already there! It came in at #46, and was given to 582 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1972, when fewer than 250 girls a year got the name.

Where Maggie is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Maggie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#299 → #294)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#293 → #294)
  • 53 spots since 2015 (#241 → #294)
  • Biggest jump: 141 spots in 1973 (#645 → #504)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1965 (#653 → #756)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #46 (582 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1880–1910
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 156
  • Highest: 1 in 156 girls born in 1880 were named Maggie (0.64%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,544 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 13.7% of all girls named Maggie (16,897) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,072#46 (1880)#52
1890s8,607#60 (1891)#67
1900s8,289#75 (1900)#85
1910s11,485#95 (1910)#137
1920s11,695#170 (1922)#184
1930s6,805#216 (1930)#238
1940s5,019#276 (1941)#319
1950s3,503#383 (1950)#485
1960s2,327#535 (1960)#667
1970s3,347#438 (1979)#554
1980s7,508#264 (1985)#331
1990s11,098#224 (1999)#262
2000s16,897#181 (2007)#199
2010s13,060#225 (2010)#249
2020s6,366#283 (2021)#297

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.

Maggie in 1906

girls
#84
839 births · 1 in 352 girls
boys
#798
10 births · 1 in 13,315 boys

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #84Maggie839

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #798Maggie10
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 352 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 96.2% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #81Betty865
  2. #81Rosa865
  3. #83Doris856
  4. #84Maggie839
  5. #85Anne835
  6. #86Violet830
  7. #87Ada819
Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

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

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 13,315 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 43.5% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #752Thad11
  2. #752Vito11
  3. #752Wayman11
  4. #798Maggie10
  5. #798Arne10
  6. #798Audrey10
  7. #798Bartholomew10
  8. #852Adolf9
  9. #852Alf9
  10. #852Ansel9

Tied with 53 names at #798; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 665Sheldon#1,233 → #568
  2. ↑ 568Rudy#1,091 → #523
  3. ↑ 530Mac#1,002 → #472
  4. ↑ 524Llewellyn#1,233 → #709
  5. ↑ 524Casey#1,233 → #709
Fallers
  1. ↓ 661Price#592 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 617Foy#636 → #1,253
  3. ↓ 587Benton#666 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 554Cruz#699 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 554Larkin#699 → #1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →