Margery

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1921 · 564 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,791
since 1880

Margery over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Margery has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #279, 1921girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024—
2023—
2022#11,2318
2021—
2020#10,2509
2019#12,4487
2018—
2017#9,34111
2016#12,8767
2015—
2014#13,0697
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008#13,8327
2007#15,4916
2006—
2005#14,5026
2004#12,7617
2003#10,4259
2002#9,48210
2001#15,3525
2000#10,7458
1999#9,4799
1998#12,4266
1997#12,0706
1996#8,8129
1995#10,5147
1994—
1993#7,03812
1992#10,4797
1991#6,58813
1990#5,28617
1989#6,95511
1988#5,59814
1987#6,33511
1986#8,5237
1985#4,63516
1984#4,31817
1983#5,14813
1982#4,02519
1981#4,00519
1980#3,50623
1979#7,3138
1978#4,45915
1977#3,48621
1976#3,09523
1975#2,81126
1974#2,61628
1973#2,26734
1972#2,74725
1971#2,87424
1970#1,95243
1969#2,00339
1968#1,72846
1967#1,55952
1966#1,33566
1965#1,22677
1964#1,29374
1963#1,18884
1962#1,16788
1961#1,079103
1960#1,19982
1959#1,12690
1958#973113
1957#946118
1956#822144
1955#821138
1954#768148
1953#633198
1952#610204
1951#671170
1950#622184
1949#561220
1948#547229
1947#472302
1946#539215
1945#494216
1944#461242
1943#488230
1942#467249
1941#471222
1940#460212
1939#464210
1938#454219
1937#439224
1936#438217
1935#404254
1934#385277
1933#369297
1932#358316
1931#362317
1930#356354
1929#338365
1928#333400
1927#322435
1926#317439
1925#316444
1924#294515
1923#287515
1922#289511
1921#279564
1920#283534
1919#318393
1918#330378
1917#312390
1916#339330
1915#362275
1914#409167
1913#438127
1912#411127
1911#47376
1910#50066
1909#50954
1908#53547
1907#52946
1906#47751
1905#58735
1904#52939
1903#49641
1902#54535
1901#48139
1900#55638
1899#45541
1898#50238
1897#47037
1896#44043
1895#46539
1894#47535
1893#48731
1892#47133
1891#48328
1890#52425
1889#72413
1888#75312
1887#40329
1886#54017
1885#7938
1884#64011
1883#57911
1882#53012
1881#6238
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Margery was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Margery is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNHWashington: #197 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,313 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #146 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 881 girlsMNIllinois: #210 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,644 girlsILWisconsin: #212 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,628 girlsWIMichigan: #176 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,218 girlsMINew York: #225 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,975 girlsNYMassachusetts: #177 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,449 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedRIOregon: #111 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 459 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #168 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 848 girlsSDIowa: #159 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 890 girlsIAIndiana: #225 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,765 girlsINOhio: #182 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,317 girlsOHPennsylvania: #253 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,785 girlsPANew Jersey: #274 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,515 girlsNJConnecticut: #169 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,060 girlsCTCalifornia: #211 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,223 girlsCAUtah: #190 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 848 girlsUTColorado: #119 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 524 girlsCONebraska: #198 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,151 girlsNEMissouri: #312 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,555 girlsMOKentucky: #378 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,615 girlsKYWest Virginia: #333 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,642 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedNMKansas: #213 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,379 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #437 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,334 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #507 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,099 girlsOKLouisiana: #329 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,266 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedALGeorgia: #552 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,476 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedHITexas: #473 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,353 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Margery, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#111 · 1 in 459
  2. Colorado#119 · 1 in 524
  3. Minnesota#146 · 1 in 881
  4. Iowa#159 · 1 in 890
  5. South Dakota#168 · 1 in 848

Best ever in a state: #86 in Delaware, 1923.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#111131 in 459
Colorado#119171 in 524
Minnesota#146261 in 881
Iowa#159251 in 890
South Dakota#16881 in 848
Connecticut#169131 in 1,060
Michigan#176311 in 1,218
Massachusetts#177251 in 1,449
Ohio#182421 in 1,317
Utah#19061 in 848
Washington#19781 in 1,313
Nebraska#198111 in 1,151
Illinois#210361 in 1,644
California#211231 in 1,223
Wisconsin#212151 in 1,628
Kansas#213121 in 1,379
Indiana#225151 in 1,765
New York#225501 in 1,975
Pennsylvania#253351 in 2,785
New Jersey#27491 in 3,515
Missouri#312121 in 2,555
Louisiana#329101 in 2,266
West Virginia#33371 in 2,642
Kentucky#37881 in 3,615
North Carolina#43771 in 5,334
Texas#473171 in 3,353
Oklahoma#50751 in 5,099
Georgia#55251 in 7,476
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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 Margery
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,958 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1886 (#793 → #540)
  • Biggest drop: 350 spots in 1888 (#403 → #753)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1921 at #279 (564 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,186
  • Highest: 1 in 2,186 girls born in 1921 were named Margery (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.9% of all girls named Margery (4,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s129#403 (1887)#621
1890s350#440 (1896)#477
1900s425#477 (1906)#524
1910s2,329#312 (1917)#389
1920s4,722#279 (1921)#306
1930s2,685#356 (1930)#403
1940s2,337#460 (1940)#496
1950s1,507#610 (1952)#799
1960s711#1,079 (1961)#1,378
1970s247#1,952 (1970)#3,362
1980s150#3,506 (1980)#5,305
1990s86#5,286 (1990)#9,188
2000s58#9,482 (2002)#12,824
2010s32#9,341 (2017)#11,934
2020s23#10,250 (2020)#11,563

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.

Margery in 1920

girls
#283
534 births · 1 in 2,244 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #283Margery534
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 2,244 of them was named Margery, which outranked 95.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Margery
  1. #280Flossie544
  2. #281Lee543
  3. #282Jacqueline540
  4. #283Margery534
  5. #284Gracie527
  6. #284Virgie527
  7. #286Leah523
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →