Margaret
#7 most common girls' name of all time · #29 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#7
Rank overall
#29 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,268,519
Since 2016
22,497
Peak year
1921 #4
Best rank
#3 1891
Girls
Boys
peak 28,521/yr
Margaret is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,436 | — | 2,436 | #112 |
| 2024 | 2,316 | — | 2,316 | #119 |
| 2023 | 2,085 | — | 2,085 | #133 |
| 2022 | 2,199 | — | 2,199 | #127 |
| 2021 | 2,245 | — | 2,245 | #125 |
| 2020 | 2,196 | — | 2,196 | #126 |
| 2019 | 2,214 | — | 2,214 | #127 |
| 2018 | 2,334 | — | 2,334 | #127 |
| 2017 | 2,255 | — | 2,255 | #132 |
| 2016 | 2,217 | — | 2,217 | #139 |
| 2015 | 2,110 | — | 2,110 | #155 |
| 2014 | 1,951 | — | 1,951 | #169 |
| 2013 | 1,774 | — | 1,774 | #180 |
| 2012 | 1,780 | 6 | 1,786 | #176 |
| 2011 | 1,699 | — | 1,699 | #186 |
| 2010 | 1,702 | — | 1,702 | #182 |
| 2009 | 1,768 | — | 1,768 | #187 |
| 2008 | 1,865 | — | 1,865 | #178 |
| 2007 | 2,029 | — | 2,029 | #173 |
| 2006 | 2,188 | — | 2,188 | #160 |
| 2005 | 2,312 | — | 2,312 | #151 |
| 2004 | 2,436 | 7 | 2,443 | #133 |
| 2003 | 2,625 | 5 | 2,630 | #128 |
| 2002 | 2,678 | — | 2,678 | #129 |
| 2001 | 2,896 | — | 2,896 | #118 |
| 2000 | 3,122 | — | 3,122 | #110 |
| 1999 | 2,958 | — | 2,958 | #110 |
| 1998 | 2,962 | 7 | 2,969 | #114 |
| 1997 | 2,967 | — | 2,967 | #110 |
| 1996 | 3,103 | 6 | 3,109 | #105 |
| 1995 | 3,221 | 11 | 3,232 | #104 |
| 1994 | 3,105 | 7 | 3,112 | #106 |
| 1993 | 3,167 | — | 3,167 | #102 |
| 1992 | 3,244 | 8 | 3,252 | #102 |
| 1991 | 3,195 | 10 | 3,205 | #108 |
| 1990 | 3,372 | 17 | 3,389 | #102 |
| 1989 | 3,285 | 34 | 3,319 | #97 |
| 1988 | 3,139 | 14 | 3,153 | #93 |
| 1987 | 3,146 | 11 | 3,157 | #90 |
| 1986 | 3,084 | 9 | 3,093 | #89 |
| 1985 | 3,072 | 16 | 3,088 | #90 |
| 1984 | 3,033 | 15 | 3,048 | #92 |
| 1983 | 2,944 | 17 | 2,961 | #92 |
| 1982 | 2,998 | 14 | 3,012 | #97 |
| 1981 | 2,792 | 13 | 2,805 | #107 |
| 1980 | 2,859 | 17 | 2,876 | #105 |
| 1979 | 2,832 | 9 | 2,841 | #108 |
| 1978 | 2,629 | 11 | 2,640 | #110 |
| 1977 | 2,625 | 12 | 2,637 | #111 |
| 1976 | 2,666 | 6 | 2,672 | #103 |
| 1975 | 2,950 | 13 | 2,963 | #98 |
| 1974 | 3,087 | 10 | 3,097 | #95 |
| 1973 | 3,167 | 13 | 3,180 | #94 |
| 1972 | 3,286 | 16 | 3,302 | #95 |
| 1971 | 4,001 | 12 | 4,013 | #86 |
| 1970 | 4,704 | 18 | 4,722 | #80 |
| 1969 | 5,044 | 20 | 5,064 | #73 |
| 1968 | 5,440 | 17 | 5,457 | #63 |
| 1967 | 6,226 | 27 | 6,253 | #58 |
| 1966 | 6,960 | 26 | 6,986 | #55 |
| 1965 | 7,799 | 24 | 7,823 | #52 |
| 1964 | 9,101 | 20 | 9,121 | #49 |
| 1963 | 9,304 | 19 | 9,323 | #46 |
| 1962 | 10,075 | 40 | 10,115 | #43 |
| 1961 | 10,559 | 38 | 10,597 | #40 |
| 1960 | 11,362 | 29 | 11,391 | #36 |
| 1959 | 11,577 | 24 | 11,601 | #36 |
| 1958 | 12,314 | 30 | 12,344 | #31 |
| 1957 | 13,013 | 43 | 13,056 | #29 |
| 1956 | 13,913 | 29 | 13,942 | #25 |
| 1955 | 14,440 | 35 | 14,475 | #24 |
| 1954 | 15,226 | 27 | 15,253 | #21 |
| 1953 | 16,195 | 34 | 16,229 | #20 |
| 1952 | 17,102 | 26 | 17,128 | #21 |
| 1951 | 17,692 | 36 | 17,728 | #17 |
| 1950 | 18,110 | 32 | 18,142 | #15 |
| 1949 | 19,452 | 42 | 19,494 | #14 |
| 1948 | 18,873 | 40 | 18,913 | #13 |
| 1947 | 20,101 | 48 | 20,149 | #16 |
| 1946 | 18,136 | 42 | 18,178 | #17 |
| 1945 | 15,685 | 37 | 15,722 | #15 |
| 1944 | 16,320 | 40 | 16,360 | #14 |
| 1943 | 17,153 | 61 | 17,214 | #14 |
| 1942 | 16,549 | 64 | 16,613 | #14 |
| 1941 | 15,696 | 50 | 15,746 | #12 |
| 1940 | 15,063 | 66 | 15,129 | #11 |
| 1939 | 14,949 | 66 | 15,015 | #10 |
| 1938 | 15,330 | 65 | 15,395 | #9 |
| 1937 | 15,144 | 68 | 15,212 | #10 |
| 1936 | 14,596 | 81 | 14,677 | #9 |
| 1935 | 14,727 | 72 | 14,799 | #8 |
| 1934 | 15,144 | 64 | 15,208 | #8 |
| 1933 | 15,241 | 59 | 15,300 | #7 |
| 1932 | 16,556 | 88 | 16,644 | #7 |
| 1931 | 17,332 | 75 | 17,407 | #7 |
| 1930 | 18,350 | 70 | 18,420 | #5 |
| 1929 | 19,212 | 76 | 19,288 | #5 |
| 1928 | 20,295 | 87 | 20,382 | #5 |
| 1927 | 21,964 | 87 | 22,051 | #5 |
| 1926 | 23,072 | 91 | 23,163 | #5 |
| 1925 | 24,463 | 80 | 24,543 | #5 |
| 1924 | 26,547 | 88 | 26,635 | #5 |
| 1923 | 26,134 | 52 | 26,186 | #4 |
| 1922 | 26,862 | 34 | 26,896 | #4 |
| 1921 | 28,468 | 53 | 28,521 | #4 |
| 1920 | 27,994 | 50 | 28,044 | #4 |
| 1919 | 26,238 | 58 | 26,296 | #4 |
| 1918 | 27,139 | 61 | 27,200 | #4 |
| 1917 | 25,560 | 58 | 25,618 | #4 |
| 1916 | 24,953 | 54 | 25,007 | #4 |
| 1915 | 23,054 | 53 | 23,107 | #4 |
| 1914 | 17,763 | 46 | 17,809 | #4 |
| 1913 | 14,486 | 38 | 14,524 | #4 |
| 1912 | 12,536 | 46 | 12,582 | #4 |
| 1911 | 9,279 | 28 | 9,307 | #3 |
| 1910 | 8,226 | 31 | 8,257 | #3 |
| 1909 | 7,358 | 30 | 7,388 | #3 |
| 1908 | 6,976 | 24 | 7,000 | #3 |
| 1907 | 6,713 | 33 | 6,746 | #3 |
| 1906 | 6,096 | 16 | 6,112 | #3 |
| 1905 | 5,690 | 13 | 5,703 | #3 |
| 1904 | 5,302 | 20 | 5,322 | #4 |
| 1903 | 5,045 | 23 | 5,068 | #4 |
| 1902 | 5,011 | 22 | 5,033 | #4 |
| 1901 | 4,424 | 21 | 4,445 | #4 |
| 1900 | 5,304 | 16 | 5,320 | #4 |
| 1899 | 4,249 | 13 | 4,262 | #4 |
| 1898 | 4,696 | 16 | 4,712 | #4 |
| 1897 | 4,146 | 9 | 4,155 | #4 |
| 1896 | 4,050 | 8 | 4,058 | #4 |
| 1895 | 3,931 | 9 | 3,940 | #4 |
| 1894 | 3,700 | 15 | 3,715 | #3 |
| 1893 | 3,565 | 14 | 3,579 | #4 |
| 1892 | 3,435 | 12 | 3,447 | #4 |
| 1891 | 3,065 | 12 | 3,077 | #3 |
| 1890 | 3,100 | 15 | 3,115 | #4 |
| 1889 | 2,917 | 13 | 2,930 | #4 |
| 1888 | 2,904 | 11 | 2,915 | #5 |
| 1887 | 2,419 | 13 | 2,432 | #5 |
| 1886 | 2,275 | 8 | 2,283 | #6 |
| 1885 | 2,204 | 11 | 2,215 | #5 |
| 1884 | 2,142 | 10 | 2,152 | #6 |
| 1883 | 1,881 | 13 | 1,894 | #6 |
| 1882 | 1,821 | 7 | 1,828 | #6 |
| 1881 | 1,658 | 9 | 1,667 | #5 |
| 1880 | 1,578 | — | 1,578 | #6 |