Margaret

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #112in 2025
  • 1 in 659girls in 2025
  • +28%last ten years
  • 5.5×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1916, and up 28% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

011,94723,89418801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Margaret, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188017,342
188118,031
188216,885
188316,747
188416,602
188516,565
188615,740
188716,571
188816,258
188916,354
189016,283
189116,525
189216,177
189316,745
189416,598
189516,826
189617,023
189717,703
189818,147
189918,234
190017,693
190118,484
190218,976
190319,258
190419,255
190519,512
190620,644
190721,073
190820,867
190921,191
191020,746
191122,182
191222,461
191323,194
191423,324
191523,432
191623,894
191723,639
191823,444
191923,217
192023,362
192123,087
192222,366
192321,663
192421,257
192520,095
192619,463
192718,420
192817,597
192917,206
193016,298
193116,278
193215,514
193315,121
193414,503
193514,045
193614,029
193714,233
193813,893
193913,632
194013,172
194112,992
194212,252
194312,293
194412,296
194512,000
194611,542
194711,339
194811,115
194911,370
195010,572
19519,824
19529,223
19538,608
19547,841
19557,385
19566,930
19576,364
19586,121
19595,721
19605,619
19615,231
19625,123
19634,827
19644,803
19654,418
19664,113
19673,771
19683,316
19692,990
19702,691
19712,405
19722,160
19732,172
19742,104
19752,024
19761,820
19771,712
19781,716
19791,764
19801,722
19811,674
19821,770
19831,762
19841,801
19851,785
19861,798
19871,809
19881,763
19891,782
19901,776
19911,704
19921,759
19931,751
19941,739
19951,832
19961,770
19971,704
19981,676
19991,668
20001,719
20011,608
20021,490
20031,437
20041,327
20051,251
20061,151
20071,055
2008986
2009962
2010957
2011966
20121,011
20131,011
20141,092
20151,182
20161,251
20171,306
20181,372
20191,319
20201,358
20211,368
20221,341
20231,299
20241,429
20251,516

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 5.5×
  2. New Hampshire 2.6×
  3. Alabama 2.6×
  4. North Dakota 2.6×
  5. Rhode Island 2.4×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,436
Rank in 2025
#112
How rare
1 in 659 girls
Since 1880
1,264,774

Most popular in 1916, at 23,894 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 28% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia5.5×51
New Hampshire2.6×42
Alabama2.6×204
North Dakota2.6×28
Rhode Island2.4×25

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.