Margo

#559 for girls in 2025, 540 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1951 · 713 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,208
since 1905

Margo over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #295, 1951girls
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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#559540
2024#544556
2023#543556
2022#617481
2021#639464
2020#765356
2019#840321
2018#975271
2017#1,075236
2016#1,039254
2015#1,275191
2014#1,464153
2013#1,754117
2012#2,04794
2011#2,00098
2010#2,31382
2009#2,31684
2008#2,07898
2007#2,32882
2006#2,35380
2005#2,25480
2004#2,11785
2003#2,01989
2002#1,89793
2001#1,94189
2000#1,659106
1999#1,71994
1998#1,543108
1997#1,504108
1996#1,498108
1995#1,410116
1994#1,331127
1993#1,211143
1992#1,274134
1991#1,314126
1990#1,130153
1989#995173#6,9416
1988#952176
1987#1,044148
1986#1,088137
1985#1,023147
1984#979147
1983#802194
1982#750222
1981#714233
1980#917164
1979#833187
1978#842176
1977#819183#5,1236
1976#798175
1975#783180
1974#686215
1973#580274
1972#563294
1971#581301
1970#606286
1969#529346#4,4045
1968#525335
1967#492375
1966#486371
1965#521336
1964#478410
1963#464436
1962#445464
1961#455461
1960#479422
1959#440476
1958#438469
1957#405519
1956#399512
1955#374555
1954#315715#3,8275
1953#330635
1952#311677
1951#295713
1950#313615
1949#307631
1948#352488
1947#321595
1946#339482
1945#316455
1944#328434
1943#337441
1942#311487#3,2126
1941#297474#3,1336
1940#380304
1939#371314
1938#366316
1937#521160
1936#615115
1935#76977
1934#1,06243
1933#1,00847
1932#1,05645
1931#1,31431
1930#93761
1929#1,22337
1928#1,42530
1927#1,52329
1926#1,51429
1925#1,64726
1924#1,56629
1923#1,42832
1922#1,50830
1921#1,43732
1920#1,47030
1919#1,80121
1918#1,80521
1917#1,70821
1916#2,02816
1915#2,9009
1914#1,81814
1913#1,30819
1912#1,9819
1911#1,7928
1910#1,26713
1909#1,9576
1908#1,4399
1907
1906#1,7276
1905#1,9315
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First appearance
1905

The first year at least five girls were named Margo! It came in at #1,931, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1907, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Margo is popular in 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedAKMaine: #172 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,026 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedNHWashington: #230 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,651 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #236 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,064 girlsMNIllinois: #197 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,607 girlsILWisconsin: #195 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,860 girlsWIMichigan: #200 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,682 girlsMINew York: #279 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,639 girlsNYMassachusetts: #293 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,198 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedSDIowa: #215 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,793 girlsIAIndiana: #320 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,357 girlsINOhio: #368 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,791 girlsOHPennsylvania: #343 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,412 girlsPANew Jersey: #262 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,584 girlsNJConnecticut: #144 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 968 girlsCTCalifornia: #311 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,377 girlsCAUtah: #195 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,001 girlsUTColorado: #262 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,817 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedVAMaryland: #281 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,600 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #161 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 876 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedHITexas: #700 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,513 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Margo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#144 · 1 in 968
  2. District of Columbia#161 · 1 in 876
  3. Maine#172 · 1 in 1,026
  4. Utah#195 · 1 in 1,001
  5. Wisconsin#195 · 1 in 1,860

Best ever in a state: #70 in Wyoming, 1943.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#144111 in 968
District of Columbia#16171 in 876
Maine#17261 in 1,026
Utah#19551 in 1,001
Wisconsin#195131 in 1,860
Illinois#197351 in 1,607
Michigan#200261 in 1,682
Iowa#215111 in 1,793
Washington#23071 in 1,651
Minnesota#236111 in 2,064
Colorado#26251 in 1,817
New Jersey#262101 in 2,584
New York#279341 in 2,639
Maryland#28151 in 2,600
Massachusetts#29371 in 4,198
California#311211 in 2,377
Indiana#32081 in 3,357
Pennsylvania#343171 in 4,412
Ohio#368111 in 4,791
Texas#70081 in 7,513
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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 Margo
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#544#559)
  • 206 spots since 2020 (#765#559)
  • 716 spots since 2015 (#1,275#559)
  • Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1935 (#1,062#769)
  • Biggest drop: 377 spots in 1931 (#937#1,314)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1905
  • Peaked 1951 at #295 (713 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1935–1984
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,526
  • Highest: 1 in 2,526 girls born in 1951 were named Margo (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,976 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.6% of all girls named Margo (5,886) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s26#1,439 (1908)#1,764
1910s151#1,267 (1910)#1,841
1920s304#1,223 (1929)#1,474
1930s1,209#366 (1938)#802
1940s4,791#297 (1941)#329
1950s5,886#295 (1951)#362
1960s3,956#445 (1962)#487
1970s2,271#563 (1972)#709
1980s1,741#714 (1981)#926
1990s1,217#1,130 (1990)#1,393
2000s886#1,659 (2000)#2,096
2010s1,817#840 (2019)#1,478
2020s2,953#543 (2023)#611

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.

Margo in 1940

girls
#380
304 births · 1 in 3,762 girls

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #380Margo304
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 3,762 of them was named Margo, which outranked 92.4% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Margo
  1. #373Robbie309
  2. #378Gay308
  3. #379Rena307
  4. #380Margo304
  5. #380Harriett304
  6. #382Dale303
  7. #383Melinda302
  8. #384Cleo301

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1940