Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Midge

#8,117 most common girls' name of all time · #13,585 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–1974

Rank among girls
#8,117
Rank overall
#13,585 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
805
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1953 #1,814
Best rank
#1,728 1944
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
192019401960

Midge first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1974 5 — 5 #9,008
1972 6 — 6 #7,504
1971 6 — 6 #7,560
1969 6 — 6 #6,828
1968 11 — 11 #4,299
1967 16 — 16 #3,260
1966 14 — 14 #3,455
1965 18 — 18 #2,981
1964 24 — 24 #2,557
1963 17 — 17 #3,109
1962 19 — 19 #2,870
1961 23 — 23 #2,580
1960 22 — 22 #2,605
1959 21 — 21 #2,554
1958 20 — 20 #2,622
1957 23 — 23 #2,378
1956 29 — 29 #2,041
1955 19 — 19 #2,602
1954 31 — 31 #1,895
1953 31 — 31 #1,814
1952 27 — 27 #1,959
1951 29 — 29 #1,831
1950 29 — 29 #1,785
1949 25 — 25 #1,954
1948 19 — 19 #2,303
1947 28 — 28 #1,851
1946 24 — 24 #1,894
1945 14 — 14 #2,417
1944 24 — 24 #1,728
1943 17 — 17 #2,223
1942 18 — 18 #2,102
1941 19 — 19 #1,945
1940 21 — 21 #1,784
1939 15 — 15 #2,186
1938 13 — 13 #2,425
1937 6 — 6 #4,070
1936 6 — 6 #4,014
1934 5 — 5 #4,675
1933 5 — 5 #4,586
1932 9 — 9 #3,215
1930 5 — 5 #4,961
1929 6 — 6 #4,389
1928 7 — 7 #4,061
1927 13 — 13 #2,685
1926 5 — 5 #5,296
1925 13 — 13 #2,763
1924 7 — 7 #4,304
1920 7 — 7 #4,315
1919 6 — 6 #4,664
1918 16 — 16 #2,288
1916 6 — 6 #4,371