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 | 0.008651202 | 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 | 2914 | 0.009730427 | 2904 | 10 | 99% |
| 1889 | 2930 | 0.010140303 | 2917 | 13 | 99% |
| 1890 | 3115 | 0.010335068 | 3100 | 15 | 99% |
| 1891 | 3077 | 0.010733559 | 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 | 0.01235267 | 4696 | 16 | 99% |
| 1899 | 4262 | 0.012563637 | 4249 | 13 | 99% |
| 1900 | 5320 | 0.011815369 | 5304 | 16 | 99% |
| 1901 | 4445 | 0.012853805 | 4424 | 21 | 99% |
| 1902 | 5033 | 0.013014181 | 5011 | 22 | 99% |
| 1903 | 5069 | 0.013297412 | 5046 | 23 | 99% |
| 1904 | 5322 | 0.013190081 | 5302 | 20 | 99% |
| 1905 | 5703 | 0.013452851 | 5690 | 13 | 100% |
| 1906 | 6112 | 0.014265342 | 6096 | 16 | 99% |
| 1907 | 6746 | 0.014495308 | 6713 | 33 | 99% |
| 1908 | 7000 | 0.014325123 | 6976 | 24 | 99% |
| 1909 | 7388 | 0.01445159 | 7358 | 30 | 99% |
| 1910 | 8257 | 0.013978047 | 8226 | 31 | 99% |
| 1911 | 9307 | 0.014445605 | 9279 | 28 | 99% |
| 1912 | 12582 | 0.012734044 | 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 | 0.012927403 | 24953 | 54 | 100% |
| 1917 | 25618 | 0.012765883 | 25560 | 58 | 100% |
| 1918 | 27200 | 0.012528154 | 27139 | 61 | 100% |
| 1919 | 26296 | 0.012461076 | 26238 | 58 | 100% |
| 1920 | 28044 | 0.012394316 | 27994 | 50 | 100% |
| 1921 | 28521 | 0.012217157 | 28468 | 53 | 100% |
| 1922 | 26896 | 0.011749329 | 26862 | 34 | 100% |
| 1923 | 26187 | 0.01137332 | 26135 | 52 | 100% |
| 1924 | 26634 | 0.01118314 | 26546 | 88 | 99% |
| 1925 | 24542 | 0.010518055 | 24462 | 80 | 99% |
| 1926 | 23165 | 0.010089743 | 23074 | 91 | 99% |
| 1927 | 22051 | 0.009507384 | 21964 | 87 | 99% |
| 1928 | 20383 | 0.009015433 | 20296 | 87 | 99% |
| 1929 | 19285 | 0.008797223 | 19209 | 76 | 99% |
| 1930 | 18421 | 0.008285506 | 18351 | 70 | 99% |
| 1931 | 17409 | 0.008272871 | 17334 | 75 | 99% |
| 1932 | 16642 | 0.007882485 | 16554 | 88 | 99% |
| 1933 | 15299 | 0.007651765 | 15240 | 59 | 99% |
| 1934 | 15210 | 0.007323887 | 15146 | 64 | 99% |
| 1935 | 14798 | 0.007080996 | 14726 | 72 | 99% |
| 1936 | 14676 | 0.007064175 | 14595 | 81 | 99% |
| 1937 | 15211 | 0.007139223 | 15143 | 68 | 99% |
| 1938 | 15396 | 0.006958446 | 15331 | 65 | 99% |
| 1939 | 15016 | 0.006814907 | 14950 | 66 | 99% |
| 1940 | 15127 | 0.006569533 | 15061 | 66 | 99% |
| 1941 | 15745 | 0.006462563 | 15695 | 50 | 99% |
| 1942 | 16612 | 0.006081137 | 16548 | 64 | 99% |
| 1943 | 17215 | 0.00609919 | 17154 | 61 | 99% |
| 1944 | 16360 | 0.006081769 | 16320 | 40 | 100% |
| 1945 | 15722 | 0.005926459 | 15685 | 37 | 100% |
| 1946 | 18176 | 0.005688448 | 18134 | 42 | 100% |
| 1947 | 20148 | 0.005593214 | 20100 | 48 | 100% |
| 1948 | 18913 | 0.005478091 | 18873 | 40 | 100% |
| 1949 | 19495 | 0.005594435 | 19453 | 42 | 100% |
| 1950 | 18140 | 0.005177821 | 18108 | 32 | 100% |
| 1951 | 17729 | 0.004812739 | 17693 | 36 | 100% |
| 1952 | 17127 | 0.004509438 | 17101 | 26 | 100% |
| 1953 | 16230 | 0.004211636 | 16196 | 34 | 100% |
| 1954 | 15254 | 0.00383198 | 15227 | 27 | 100% |
| 1955 | 14476 | 0.003605418 | 14441 | 35 | 100% |
| 1956 | 13944 | 0.003381934 | 13915 | 29 | 100% |
| 1957 | 13058 | 0.003107202 | 13015 | 43 | 99% |
| 1958 | 12341 | 0.002986135 | 12311 | 30 | 100% |
| 1959 | 11598 | 0.002790179 | 11574 | 24 | 100% |
| 1960 | 11392 | 0.002742225 | 11363 | 29 | 99% |
| 1961 | 10590 | 0.002557399 | 10552 | 38 | 99% |
| 1962 | 10115 | 0.002506786 | 10075 | 40 | 99% |
| 1963 | 9325 | 0.002355637 | 9306 | 19 | 100% |
| 1964 | 9123 | 0.002346648 | 9103 | 20 | 100% |
| 1965 | 7820 | 0.00215687 | 7796 | 24 | 99% |
| 1966 | 6987 | 0.002010282 | 6961 | 26 | 99% |
| 1967 | 6252 | 0.001841526 | 6225 | 27 | 99% |
| 1968 | 5456 | 0.001614891 | 5439 | 17 | 99% |
| 1969 | 5064 | 0.001456995 | 5044 | 20 | 99% |
| 1970 | 4723 | 0.00130946 | 4705 | 18 | 99% |
| 1971 | 4013 | 0.001169125 | 4001 | 12 | 99% |
| 1972 | 3301 | 0.001050164 | 3285 | 16 | 99% |
| 1973 | 3182 | 0.001054648 | 3169 | 13 | 99% |
| 1974 | 3097 | 0.001018681 | 3087 | 10 | 99% |
| 1975 | 2963 | 0.000981214 | 2950 | 13 | 99% |
| 1976 | 2675 | 0.00088149 | 2669 | 6 | 100% |
| 1977 | 2636 | 0.000829791 | 2624 | 12 | 99% |
| 1978 | 2640 | 0.000831708 | 2629 | 11 | 99% |
| 1979 | 2841 | 0.000853842 | 2832 | 9 | 99% |
| 1980 | 2880 | 0.000836033 | 2863 | 17 | 99% |
| 1981 | 2804 | 0.000810501 | 2791 | 13 | 99% |
| 1982 | 3011 | 0.00085828 | 2997 | 14 | 99% |
| 1983 | 2961 | 0.00085493 | 2944 | 17 | 99% |
| 1984 | 3049 | 0.000873955 | 3034 | 15 | 99% |
| 1985 | 3087 | 0.000864945 | 3071 | 16 | 99% |
| 1986 | 3091 | 0.000869003 | 3082 | 9 | 99% |
| 1987 | 3157 | 0.000875622 | 3146 | 11 | 99% |
| 1988 | 3152 | 0.0008531 | 3139 | 13 | 99% |
| 1989 | 3319 | 0.000863355 | 3285 | 34 | 98% |
| 1990 | 3389 | 0.000857517 | 3372 | 17 | 99% |
| 1991 | 3205 | 0.000822852 | 3195 | 10 | 99% |
| 1992 | 3249 | 0.000845881 | 3241 | 8 | 100% |
| 1993 | 3168 | 0.000840322 | 3168 | 100% | |
| 1994 | 3112 | 0.000837154 | 3105 | 7 | 100% |
| 1995 | 3233 | 0.000882878 | 3222 | 11 | 99% |
| 1996 | 3109 | 0.000852501 | 3103 | 6 | 100% |
| 1997 | 2967 | 0.000818364 | 2967 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 2968 | 0.000806964 | 2961 | 7 | 100% |
| 1999 | 2958 | 0.000800841 | 2958 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 3122 | 0.000826009 | 3122 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 2895 | 0.000773424 | 2895 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 2678 | 0.000716465 | 2678 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 2629 | 0.000691522 | 2624 | 5 | 100% |
| 2004 | 2443 | 0.000639469 | 2436 | 7 | 99% |
| 2005 | 2311 | 0.000601171 | 2311 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 2188 | 0.000553179 | 2188 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 2026 | 0.000506925 | 2026 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 1863 | 0.000474115 | 1863 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 1766 | 0.000462446 | 1766 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 1700 | 0.000460152 | 1700 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 1699 | 0.000464676 | 1699 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 1783 | 0.00048773 | 1777 | 6 | 99% |
| 2013 | 1774 | 0.000486874 | 1774 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 1950 | 0.000526431 | 1950 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 2109 | 0.000570248 | 2109 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 2216 | 0.000604497 | 2216 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 2255 | 0.000631165 | 2255 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 2332 | 0.000664056 | 2332 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 2212 | 0.000638233 | 2212 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 2192 | 0.000657472 | 2192 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 2240 | 0.000662778 | 2240 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 2180 | 0.000648444 | 2180 | 100% |