Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Margaret

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Margaret
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.9% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

28,468

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

91.9%

2024

2,303

All-time

1,262,307

Margaret once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 28,468 girls were named Margaret.

In 2024, only 2,303 girls were given the name.

Down 91.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,262,307 Americans have been named Margaret and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.9% from peak

192128,468 girls named Margaret

20242,303 girls named Margaret

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