Marge
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 114 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,784since 1889
Marge over time
Rank among girls' names. Marge has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 |
| 1962 | #1,444 | 59 |
| 1961 | #1,520 | 55 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 |
| 1959 | #1,417 | 57 |
| 1958 | #1,349 | 61 |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,473 | 44 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 |
| 1949 | #1,353 | 46 |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 |
| 1947 | #969 | 84 |
| 1946 | #857 | 93 |
| 1945 | #784 | 91 |
| 1944 | #867 | 77 |
| 1943 | #768 | 102 |
| 1942 | #859 | 80 |
| 1941 | #664 | 114 |
| 1940 | #752 | 85 |
| 1939 | #680 | 99 |
| 1938 | #682 | 101 |
| 1937 | #778 | 77 |
| 1936 | #888 | 59 |
| 1935 | #855 | 65 |
| 1934 | #875 | 60 |
| 1933 | #947 | 52 |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 |
| 1931 | #953 | 53 |
| 1930 | #840 | 72 |
| 1929 | #915 | 61 |
| 1928 | #994 | 56 |
| 1927 | #863 | 73 |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 |
| 1925 | #895 | 68 |
| 1924 | #736 | 100 |
| 1923 | #852 | 74 |
| 1922 | #734 | 98 |
| 1921 | #804 | 83 |
| 1920 | #746 | 94 |
| 1919 | #882 | 63 |
| 1918 | #739 | 93 |
| 1917 | #740 | 90 |
| 1916 | #824 | 67 |
| 1915 | #774 | 73 |
| 1914 | #843 | 49 |
| 1913 | #830 | 40 |
| 1912 | #809 | 38 |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #909 | 20 |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 |
| 1906 | #776 | 22 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
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| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Marge! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marge is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#323 · 1 in 2,830
- Illinois#473 · 1 in 6,367
- Pennsylvania#640 · 1 in 17,509
Best ever in a state: #236 in Wisconsin, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kansas | #323 | 5 | 1 in 2,830 |
| Illinois | #473 | 9 | 1 in 6,367 |
| Pennsylvania | #640 | 5 | 1 in 17,509 |
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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 Marge
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1906 (#1,093 → #776)
- Biggest drop: 358 spots in 1948 (#969 → #1,327)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1941 at #664 (114 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1911–1947
- Highest: 1 in 10,598 girls born in 1941 were named Marge (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,020 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all girls named Marge (820) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 61 | #982 (1897) | #1,140 |
| 1900s | 152 | #776 (1906) | #976 |
| 1910s | 550 | #739 (1918) | #855 |
| 1920s | 783 | #734 (1922) | #838 |
| 1930s | 701 | #680 (1939) | #837 |
| 1940s | 820 | #664 (1941) | #920 |
| 1950s | 406 | #1,349 (1958) | #1,641 |
| 1960s | 283 | #1,430 (1960) | #3,096 |
| 1970s | 22 | #5,543 (1971) | #6,882 |
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.
Marge in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 20,595 of them was named Marge, which outranked 81.7% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).