Midge

Where Midge comes from

The dictionaries list Midge as a given name — a female given name of rare usage, variant of Madge — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,919 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1944
    Peak, #1,698
    24 babies named Midge — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,222.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name of rare usage, variant of Madge.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.