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How popular is “Margret” in the USA?

Number of people named “Margret” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Margret” 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 “Margret” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Margret” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Margret” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Margret” by birth year

This chart shows how “Margret” 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 24 0.000119116 24 100%
1881 22 0.000114174 22 100%
1882 39 0.000176046 39 100%
1883 30 0.000138283 30 100%
1884 32 0.000131438 32 100%
1885 39 0.000161924 39 100%
1886 25 0.000097918 25 100%
1887 22 0.000088928 22 100%
1888 46 0.000153603 46 100%
1889 28 0.000096904 28 100%
1890 34 0.000112807 34 100%
1891 39 0.000136044 39 100%
1892 33 0.000098692 33 100%
1893 31 0.000095319 31 100%
1894 30 0.000088577 30 100%
1895 36 0.000102558 36 100%
1896 39 0.000109096 39 100%
1897 30 0.000086466 30 100%
1898 34 0.000089132 34 100%
1899 33 0.000097278 33 100%
1900 49 0.000108826 49 100%
1901 32 0.000092536 32 100%
1902 33 0.00008533 33 100%
1903 37 0.000097062 37 100%
1904 37 0.000091701 37 100%
1905 51 0.000120305 51 100%
1906 47 0.000109697 47 100%
1907 51 0.000109586 51 100%
1908 56 0.000114602 56 100%
1909 44 0.000086068 44 100%
1910 67 0.000113423 67 100%
1911 59 0.000091575 59 100%
1912 90 0.000091087 90 100%
1913 84 0.000073871 84 100%
1914 119 0.000084019 119 100%
1915 111 0.000060575 111 100%
1916 162 0.000083746 162 100%
1917 168 0.000083717 168 100%
1918 199 0.000091658 199 100%
1919 177 0.000083877 177 100%
1920 184 0.000081321 184 100%
1921 214 0.000091668 214 100%
1922 198 0.000086495 198 100%
1923 177 0.000076874 177 100%
1924 196 0.000082297 196 100%
1925 172 0.000073715 172 100%
1926 194 0.000084498 194 100%
1927 199 0.0000858 199 100%
1928 163 0.000072094 163 100%
1929 153 0.000069794 153 100%
1930 181 0.000081411 181 100%
1931 136 0.000064627 136 100%
1932 143 0.000067731 143 100%
1933 122 0.000061017 122 100%
1934 113 0.00005441 113 100%
1935 121 0.000057898 121 100%
1936 81 0.000038988 81 100%
1937 123 0.000057728 123 100%
1938 110 0.000049716 110 100%
1939 107 0.00004856 107 100%
1940 102 0.000044296 102 100%
1941 87 0.000035708 87 100%
1942 104 0.00003807 104 100%
1943 108 0.000038263 108 100%
1944 97 0.000036058 97 100%
1945 85 0.00003204 85 100%
1946 105 0.000032861 105 100%
1947 122 0.000033867 122 100%
1948 108 0.000031282 108 100%
1949 143 0.000041036 143 100%
1950 131 0.000037393 131 100%
1951 105 0.000028504 105 100%
1952 128 0.000033702 128 100%
1953 124 0.000032177 124 100%
1954 113 0.000028387 113 100%
1955 100 0.000024906 100 100%
1956 99 0.000024011 99 100%
1957 87 0.000020704 87 100%
1958 95 0.000022981 95 100%
1959 72 0.000017316 72 100%
1960 83 0.000019982 83 100%
1961 91 0.000021968 91 100%
1962 91 0.000022551 91 100%
1963 92 0.000023243 92 100%
1964 102 0.000026237 102 100%
1965 70 0.000019308 70 100%
1966 88 0.000025319 88 100%
1967 79 0.00002327 79 100%
1968 72 0.000021312 72 100%
1969 64 0.000018416 64 100%
1970 63 0.000017468 63 100%
1971 50 0.000014567 50 100%
1972 55 0.000017499 55 100%
1973 58 0.000019225 58 100%
1974 51 0.000016776 51 100%
1975 56 0.000018547 56 100%
1976 47 0.00001549 47 100%
1977 52 0.00001637 52 100%
1978 35 0.000011028 35 100%
1979 37 0.000011121 37 100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 100%
1981 39 0.000011274 39 100%
1982 32 0.000009122 32 100%
1983 37 0.000010683 37 100%
1984 48 0.000013758 48 100%
1985 32 0.000008966 32 100%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 100%
1987 42 0.000011649 42 100%
1988 40 0.000010825 40 100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 100%
1992 50 0.000013017 50 100%
1993 38 0.000010079 38 100%
1994 37 0.000009953 37 100%
1995 31 0.000008465 31 100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 100%
1997 37 0.000010205 37 100%
1998 42 0.000011419 42 100%
1999 26 0.000007039 26 100%
2000 35 0.000009259 35 100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 100%
2002 27 0.000007223 27 100%
2003 33 0.000008679 33 100%
2004 23 0.000006019 23 100%
2005 24 0.000006242 24 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 35 0.000008755 35 100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 100%
2012 17 0.000004648 17 100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 100%
2014 18 0.000004856 18 100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 100%
2020 13 0.000003892 13 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 100%
2024 16 0.000004807 16 100%

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