Margaret Name Popularity

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How popular is Margaret?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Margaret, ranked the 127th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Margaret has been a top 250 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #3 for the first time in 1891 and as recently as 1911.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1921 with 28,467 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Margaret was 1,578 in 1880.

Approximately during the years 1883-1888, 1889-1900, 1901-1918, and 1941-1947, the name Margaret took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1921-1933, 1947-1972, 1973-1976, and 2000-2008 were years of successive downward movement.

Margaret's popularity has been moving downward for some time. however, the number of children named Margaret lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Margaret?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Margaret is favored by many parents and has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Margaret is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Margaret (Girl)		Margaret (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		2,312	127	< 5	--
2017		2,253	132	< 5	--
2016		2,214	139	< 5	--
2015		2,105	155	< 5	--
2014		1,950	169	< 5	--
2013		1,774	180	< 5	--
2012		1,777	176	6	11,718
2011		1,699	186	< 5	--
2010		1,698	182	< 5	--
2009		1,764	188	< 5	--
2008		1,863	178	< 5	--
2007		2,025	173	< 5	--
2006		2,188	160	< 5	--
2005		2,311	151	< 5	--
2004		2,435	133	7	9,573
2003		2,624	128	5	12,062
2002		2,675	129	< 5	--
2001		2,895	118	< 5	--
2000		3,121	110	< 5	--
1999		2,958	110	< 5	--
1998		2,961	114	7	8,131
1997		2,967	110	< 5	--
1996		3,104	105	6	8,601
1995		3,221	104	11	5,379
1994		3,104	106	7	7,468
1993		3,168	102	< 5	--
1992		3,240	102	8	6,471
1991		3,195	108	10	5,358
1990		3,370	102	17	3,549
1989		3,285	97	34	2,094
1988		3,139	93	13	3,817
1987		3,145	90	11	4,138
1986		3,082	89	10	4,342
1985		3,071	90	16	3,032
1984		3,040	92	15	3,046
1983		2,944	92	17	2,748
1982		2,997	97	14	3,222
1981		2,791	107	13	3,341
1980		2,860	105	17	2,799
1979		2,831	108	9	4,266
1978		2,630	110	11	3,530
1977		2,624	111	12	3,308
1976		2,669	103	6	5,360
1975		2,951	98	13	3,016
1974		3,088	95	10	3,474
1973		3,168	94	13	2,813
1972		3,285	95	16	2,386
1971		4,002	86	12	2,916
1970		4,704	80	18	2,186
1969		5,044	73	20	1,895
1968		5,438	63	17	2,006
1967		6,227	58	27	1,494
1966		6,960	55	26	1,532
1965		7,792	52	24	1,614
1964		9,106	49	20	1,830
1963		9,304	46	19	1,874
1962		10,076	43	40	1,240
1961		10,548	40	38	1,293
1960		11,366	36	29	1,506
1959		11,572	36	24	1,651
1958		12,311	31	30	1,438
1957		13,009	29	43	1,192
1956		13,918	25	28	1,498
1955		14,436	24	36	1,269
1954		15,228	21	27	1,488
1953		16,200	20	34	1,298
1952		17,097	21	26	1,505
1951		17,692	17	36	1,235
1950		18,109	15	32	1,281
1949		19,451	14	41	1,106
1948		18,874	13	40	1,138
1947		20,100	16	48	1,046
1946		18,132	17	42	1,071
1945		15,683	15	37	1,067
1944		16,318	14	40	1,048
1943		17,150	14	61	853
1942		16,550	14	64	810
1941		15,698	12	50	901
1940		15,058	11	66	764
1939		14,952	10	66	741
1938		15,330	9	65	760
1937		15,143	10	68	739
1936		14,594	9	81	649
1935		14,725	8	72	722
1934		15,144	8	64	774
1933		15,239	7	59	806
1932		16,549	7	88	646
1931		17,333	7	75	699
1930		18,354	5	70	768
1929		19,206	5	76	721
1928		20,295	5	87	681
1927		21,964	5	87	699
1926		23,070	5	91	661
1925		24,463	5	80	727
1924		26,549	5	88	701
1923		26,133	4	52	959
1922		26,865	4	34	1,253
1921		28,467	4	53	966
1920		27,996	4	50	982
1919		26,237	4	58	872
1918		27,139	4	61	849
1917		25,560	4	58	843
1916		24,953	4	54	862
1915		23,054	4	53	850
1914		17,763	4	46	785
1913		14,486	4	38	772
1912		12,536	4	46	604
1911		9,279	3	28	582
1910		8,226	3	31	508
1909		7,359	3	30	466
1908		6,976	3	24	518
1907		6,713	3	33	392
1906		6,096	3	16	606
1905		5,690	3	13	690
1904		5,302	4	20	485
1903		5,046	4	23	425
1902		5,011	4	22	450
1901		4,424	4	21	417
1900		5,304	4	16	641
1899		4,249	4	13	572
1898		4,696	4	16	533
1897		4,146	4	9	766
1896		4,050	4	8	871
1895		3,931	4	9	777
1894		3,700	3	15	532
1893		3,565	4	14	524
1892		3,435	4	12	626
1891		3,065	3	12	548
1890		3,100	4	15	501
1889		2,917	4	13	539
1888		2,904	5	10	680
1887		2,419	5	13	504
1886		2,275	6	8	735
1885		2,204	5	11	593
1884		2,142	6	10	645
1883		1,881	6	13	509
1882		1,821	6	7	806
1881		1,658	5	9	630
1880		1,578	6	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.