How popular is “Margaret” in the USA?
Number of people named “Margaret” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Margaret” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Margaret” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Margaret” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Margaret” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Margaret” by birth year
This chart shows how “Margaret” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 1578 | 0.007831887 | 1578 | 100% | |
| 1881 | 1667 | 0.008651291 | 1658 | 9 | 99% |
| 1882 | 1828 | 0.008251593 | 1821 | 7 | 99% |
| 1883 | 1894 | 0.008730323 | 1881 | 13 | 99% |
| 1884 | 2152 | 0.008839198 | 2142 | 10 | 99% |
| 1885 | 2215 | 0.009196443 | 2204 | 11 | 99% |
| 1886 | 2283 | 0.008941825 | 2275 | 8 | 99% |
| 1887 | 2432 | 0.009830513 | 2419 | 13 | 99% |
| 1888 | 2915 | 0.009733733 | 2904 | 11 | 99% |
| 1889 | 2930 | 0.010140303 | 2917 | 13 | 99% |
| 1890 | 3115 | 0.010335068 | 3100 | 15 | 99% |
| 1891 | 3077 | 0.010733522 | 3065 | 12 | 99% |
| 1892 | 3447 | 0.010308816 | 3435 | 12 | 99% |
| 1893 | 3579 | 0.011004757 | 3565 | 14 | 99% |
| 1894 | 3715 | 0.010968733 | 3700 | 15 | 99% |
| 1895 | 3940 | 0.011224399 | 3931 | 9 | 100% |
| 1896 | 4058 | 0.011351557 | 4050 | 8 | 100% |
| 1897 | 4155 | 0.011975547 | 4146 | 9 | 100% |
| 1898 | 4712 | 0.012352702 | 4696 | 16 | 99% |
| 1899 | 4262 | 0.012563599 | 4249 | 13 | 99% |
| 1900 | 5320 | 0.011815422 | 5304 | 16 | 99% |
| 1901 | 4445 | 0.012853805 | 4424 | 21 | 99% |
| 1902 | 5033 | 0.013014147 | 5011 | 22 | 99% |
| 1903 | 5069 | 0.013297412 | 5046 | 23 | 99% |
| 1904 | 5322 | 0.013190081 | 5302 | 20 | 99% |
| 1905 | 5703 | 0.013452883 | 5690 | 13 | 100% |
| 1906 | 6112 | 0.014265342 | 6096 | 16 | 99% |
| 1907 | 6746 | 0.014495338 | 6713 | 33 | 99% |
| 1908 | 7000 | 0.014325182 | 6976 | 24 | 99% |
| 1909 | 7388 | 0.01445159 | 7358 | 30 | 99% |
| 1910 | 8257 | 0.013978071 | 8226 | 31 | 99% |
| 1911 | 9307 | 0.014445627 | 9279 | 28 | 99% |
| 1912 | 12582 | 0.012734031 | 12536 | 46 | 99% |
| 1913 | 14524 | 0.012772719 | 14486 | 38 | 99% |
| 1914 | 17809 | 0.012573905 | 17763 | 46 | 99% |
| 1915 | 23107 | 0.012610031 | 23054 | 53 | 100% |
| 1916 | 25007 | 0.012927422 | 24953 | 54 | 100% |
| 1917 | 25618 | 0.012765915 | 25560 | 58 | 100% |
| 1918 | 27200 | 0.012528142 | 27139 | 61 | 100% |
| 1919 | 26296 | 0.012461101 | 26238 | 58 | 100% |
| 1920 | 28044 | 0.012394355 | 27994 | 50 | 100% |
| 1921 | 28521 | 0.012217161 | 28468 | 53 | 100% |
| 1922 | 26896 | 0.011749313 | 26862 | 34 | 100% |
| 1923 | 26187 | 0.011373369 | 26135 | 52 | 100% |
| 1924 | 26634 | 0.011183177 | 26546 | 88 | 99% |
| 1925 | 24542 | 0.010518128 | 24462 | 80 | 99% |
| 1926 | 23164 | 0.010089302 | 23073 | 91 | 99% |
| 1927 | 22051 | 0.00950736 | 21964 | 87 | 99% |
| 1928 | 20382 | 0.009014903 | 20295 | 87 | 99% |
| 1929 | 19286 | 0.008797748 | 19210 | 76 | 99% |
| 1930 | 18421 | 0.008285476 | 18351 | 70 | 99% |
| 1931 | 17408 | 0.008272321 | 17333 | 75 | 99% |
| 1932 | 16643 | 0.007882903 | 16555 | 88 | 99% |
| 1933 | 15300 | 0.007652173 | 15241 | 59 | 99% |
| 1934 | 15208 | 0.007322797 | 15144 | 64 | 99% |
| 1935 | 14798 | 0.007080817 | 14726 | 72 | 99% |
| 1936 | 14676 | 0.007064052 | 14595 | 81 | 99% |
| 1937 | 15210 | 0.007138727 | 15142 | 68 | 99% |
| 1938 | 15396 | 0.006958418 | 15331 | 65 | 99% |
| 1939 | 15017 | 0.006815302 | 14951 | 66 | 99% |
| 1940 | 15128 | 0.006569859 | 15062 | 66 | 99% |
| 1941 | 15745 | 0.006462462 | 15695 | 50 | 99% |
| 1942 | 16611 | 0.0060807 | 16547 | 64 | 99% |
| 1943 | 17215 | 0.006099082 | 17154 | 61 | 99% |
| 1944 | 16360 | 0.006081658 | 16320 | 40 | 100% |
| 1945 | 15723 | 0.005926791 | 15686 | 37 | 100% |
| 1946 | 18175 | 0.005688085 | 18133 | 42 | 100% |
| 1947 | 20149 | 0.005593433 | 20101 | 48 | 100% |
| 1948 | 18913 | 0.00547805 | 18873 | 40 | 100% |
| 1949 | 19494 | 0.005594106 | 19452 | 42 | 100% |
| 1950 | 18142 | 0.005178445 | 18110 | 32 | 100% |
| 1951 | 17728 | 0.004812525 | 17692 | 36 | 100% |
| 1952 | 17127 | 0.004509471 | 17101 | 26 | 100% |
| 1953 | 16230 | 0.004211633 | 16196 | 34 | 100% |
| 1954 | 15254 | 0.003832005 | 15227 | 27 | 100% |
| 1955 | 14476 | 0.003605451 | 14441 | 35 | 100% |
| 1956 | 13943 | 0.00338173 | 13914 | 29 | 100% |
| 1957 | 13056 | 0.003107046 | 13013 | 43 | 99% |
| 1958 | 12344 | 0.00298579 | 12314 | 30 | 100% |
| 1959 | 11598 | 0.00279018 | 11574 | 24 | 100% |
| 1960 | 11392 | 0.002742469 | 11363 | 29 | 99% |
| 1961 | 10593 | 0.002557489 | 10555 | 38 | 99% |
| 1962 | 10113 | 0.002506431 | 10073 | 40 | 99% |
| 1963 | 9327 | 0.002356295 | 9308 | 19 | 100% |
| 1964 | 9121 | 0.002346199 | 9101 | 20 | 100% |
| 1965 | 7821 | 0.002157231 | 7797 | 24 | 99% |
| 1966 | 6986 | 0.00201003 | 6960 | 26 | 99% |
| 1967 | 6253 | 0.00184189 | 6226 | 27 | 99% |
| 1968 | 5457 | 0.001615279 | 5440 | 17 | 99% |
| 1969 | 5063 | 0.001456832 | 5043 | 20 | 99% |
| 1970 | 4722 | 0.001309302 | 4704 | 18 | 99% |
| 1971 | 4013 | 0.001169192 | 4001 | 12 | 99% |
| 1972 | 3301 | 0.001050264 | 3285 | 16 | 99% |
| 1973 | 3181 | 0.00105441 | 3168 | 13 | 99% |
| 1974 | 3097 | 0.00101875 | 3087 | 10 | 99% |
| 1975 | 2963 | 0.00098133 | 2950 | 13 | 99% |
| 1976 | 2673 | 0.000880925 | 2667 | 6 | 100% |
| 1977 | 2636 | 0.000829867 | 2624 | 12 | 99% |
| 1978 | 2640 | 0.000831805 | 2629 | 11 | 99% |
| 1979 | 2841 | 0.000853932 | 2832 | 9 | 99% |
| 1980 | 2878 | 0.000835537 | 2861 | 17 | 99% |
| 1981 | 2804 | 0.000810561 | 2791 | 13 | 99% |
| 1982 | 3011 | 0.000858338 | 2997 | 14 | 99% |
| 1983 | 2961 | 0.000854971 | 2944 | 17 | 99% |
| 1984 | 3049 | 0.000873976 | 3034 | 15 | 99% |
| 1985 | 3087 | 0.000864954 | 3071 | 16 | 99% |
| 1986 | 3094 | 0.000869847 | 3085 | 9 | 99% |
| 1987 | 3157 | 0.000875609 | 3146 | 11 | 99% |
| 1988 | 3151 | 0.000852806 | 3138 | 13 | 99% |
| 1989 | 3319 | 0.000863349 | 3285 | 34 | 98% |
| 1990 | 3389 | 0.000857487 | 3372 | 17 | 99% |
| 1991 | 3205 | 0.000822831 | 3195 | 10 | 99% |
| 1992 | 3249 | 0.000845856 | 3241 | 8 | 100% |
| 1993 | 3168 | 0.000840288 | 3168 | 100% | |
| 1994 | 3112 | 0.000837126 | 3105 | 7 | 100% |
| 1995 | 3233 | 0.000882846 | 3222 | 11 | 99% |
| 1996 | 3109 | 0.000852471 | 3103 | 6 | 100% |
| 1997 | 2967 | 0.00081834 | 2967 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 2968 | 0.000806941 | 2961 | 7 | 100% |
| 1999 | 2958 | 0.000800813 | 2958 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 3122 | 0.000825972 | 3122 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 2896 | 0.000773656 | 2896 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 2678 | 0.0007164 | 2678 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 2630 | 0.000691738 | 2625 | 5 | 100% |
| 2004 | 2443 | 0.000639423 | 2436 | 7 | 99% |
| 2005 | 2311 | 0.000601111 | 2311 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 2188 | 0.000553113 | 2188 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 2026 | 0.000506848 | 2026 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 1864 | 0.000474288 | 1864 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 1766 | 0.000462365 | 1766 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 1700 | 0.000460063 | 1700 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 1699 | 0.000464569 | 1699 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 1785 | 0.000488152 | 1779 | 6 | 99% |
| 2013 | 1774 | 0.000486721 | 1774 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 1951 | 0.000526527 | 1951 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 2110 | 0.000570294 | 2110 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 2216 | 0.000604223 | 2216 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 2255 | 0.000630819 | 2255 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 2333 | 0.000663887 | 2333 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 2214 | 0.000638263 | 2214 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 2194 | 0.00065731 | 2194 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 2241 | 0.0006621 | 2241 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 2196 | 0.000649971 | 2196 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 2070 | 0.000627797 | 2070 | 100% |