Midge
- Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 805since 1916
Midge over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Midge has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
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| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
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| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
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| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Midge! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Midge is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Midge in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1944 at #1,698 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 54,454
- Highest: 1 in 54,454 girls born in 1940 were named Midge (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,507 girls born in 1974 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,698 in 1944, was only 1 in 55,301 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 32.2% of all girls named Midge (259) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 28 | #2,209 (1918) | #3,460 |
| 1920s | 58 | #2,552 (1927) | #3,682 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,125 (1939) | #3,508 |
| 1940s | 209 | #1,698 (1944) | #1,972 |
| 1950s | 259 | #1,764 (1950) | #2,116 |
| 1960s | 170 | #2,530 (1964) | #3,391 |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,292 (1972) | #7,818 |
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.
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