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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #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 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #543 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,855 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMINew York: #592 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,451 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedINOhio: #412 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,057 girlsOHPennsylvania: #621 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,594 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #200 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,229 girlsMOKentucky: #103 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 410 girlsKYWest Virginia: #152 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 798 girlsWVVirginia: #92 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 339 girlsVAMaryland: #215 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,718 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #110 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 415 girlsARTennessee: #64 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 260 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #37 for girls · 214 births · 1 in 158 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #31 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 125 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #136 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 614 girlsOKLouisiana: #102 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 414 girlsLAMississippi: #44 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 171 girlsMSAlabama: #68 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 248 girlsALGeorgia: #70 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 254 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maggie, so not publishedHITexas: #93 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 403 girlsTXFlorida: #90 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 337 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#31 · 1 in 125
  2. North Carolina#37 · 1 in 158
  3. Mississippi#44 · 1 in 171
  4. Tennessee#64 · 1 in 260
  5. Alabama#68 · 1 in 248

Best ever in a state: #10 in Alaska, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#311741 in 125
North Carolina#372141 in 158
Mississippi#441131 in 171
Tennessee#64991 in 260
Alabama#681081 in 248
Georgia#701351 in 254
Florida#90291 in 337
Virginia#92801 in 339
Texas#931231 in 403
Louisiana#102501 in 414
Kentucky#103661 in 410
Arkansas#110471 in 415
Oklahoma#136381 in 614
West Virginia#152221 in 798
Missouri#200251 in 1,229
Maryland#21581 in 1,718
Ohio#41291 in 6,057
Illinois#54371 in 8,855
New York#59271 in 14,451
Pennsylvania#62161 in 16,594
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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 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 1918

girls
#158
1,394 births · 1 in 830 girls
boys
#2,398
12 births · 1 in 84,457 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #158Maggie1,394

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #2,398Maggie12
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 830 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 97.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #155Sadie1,453
  2. #156Lucile1,448
  3. #157Henrietta1,411
  4. #158Maggie1,394
  5. #159Susie1,388
  6. #160Joan1,384
  7. #161Nora1,382
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 84,457 of them was named Maggie, which outranked 50.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maggie
  1. #2,260Wood13
  2. #2,260Yoshito13
  3. #2,260Zane13
  4. #2,398Maggie12
  5. #2,398Able12
  6. #2,398Agnes12
  7. #2,398Alban12
  8. #2,543Abron11
  9. #2,543Acey11
  10. #2,543Alison11

Tied with 144 names at #2,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →