Meaning not yet researched.
Maggie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,041 in 2025. Its best rank was #46 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #46 in 1880; #294 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Maggie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#294 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #46.
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Maggie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,041 girls in 2025. Peak: #46 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 1,874 (2007).
In 2025, 1,041 US girls were named Maggie, making it the 294th most common girls’ name of the year, up 5 places from #299 in 2024. That is 16 fewer than the 1,057 girls named Maggie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #46, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,874, in 2007. For comparison, it was #241 in 2015 and #383 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Maggie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 582 babies with the name. In all, 123,360 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 16,919 babies named Maggie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,240 US girls were named Maggie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,324. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,544 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Maggie ranked highest in Arkansas in 2025, at #127 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Margaret (1,268,519 babies since 1880), Marguerite (94,123 babies since 1880), Margarita (40,418 babies since 1880) and Margot (25,568 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maggi, Maggy and Magie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maggi (781), Maggy (518), Magie (194), Maggee (28), Magee (10), Magi (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Maggie in the open dataset we use.
Maggie is listed as a nickname for Madeline, Magdalena, Magdelina, Margaret, Margaretta, Margarita.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 23 | #127 | #175 |
| Mississippi | 18 | #137 | #121 |
| Maine | 8 | #142 | — |
| Tennessee | 50 | #152 | #134 |
| Utah | 29 | #155 | #98 |
| Kentucky | 29 | #157 | #136 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #171 | #218 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | #172 | #222 |
| Iowa | 18 | #179 | #152 |
| Kansas | 19 | #180 | #229 |
| Idaho | 12 | #185 | #268 |
| Missouri | 33 | #189 | #120 |
| North Carolina | 57 | #190 | #178 |
| Montana | 6 | #195 | #200 |
| Indiana | 35 | #199 | #176 |
| Alabama | 22 | #211 | #124 |
| Minnesota | 25 | #226 | #252 |
| Georgia | 44 | #243 | #180 |
| Pennsylvania | 44 | #254 | #262 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #259 | #146 |
| South Carolina | 18 | #283 | #141 |
| Illinois | 38 | #284 | #340 |
| Oregon | 13 | #286 | #145 |
| Ohio | 38 | #293 | #299 |
| Louisiana | 15 | #317 | #278 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #336 | #241 |
| Washington | 22 | #339 | #300 |
| Connecticut | 9 | #340 | #428 |
| Colorado | 18 | #345 | #304 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #385 | #218 |
| Maryland | 13 | #412 | #320 |
| Texas | 82 | #412 | #314 |
| Michigan | 20 | #432 | #254 |
| Virginia | 18 | #452 | #241 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #489 | #320 |
| New York | 34 | #501 | #389 |
| Florida | 36 | #513 | #550 |
| Arizona | 13 | #534 | #300 |
| California | 61 | #540 | #382 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,041 | #294 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,057 | #299 | — | — |
| 2023 | 977 | #318 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,076 | #294 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,124 | #283 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,091 | #293 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,135 | #295 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,128 | #294 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,287 | #248 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,324 | #242 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,338 | #241 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,356 | #238 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,386 | #232 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,308 | #247 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,389 | #230 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,409 | #225 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,426 | #233 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,607 | #214 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,874 | #181 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,853 | #189 | 5 | #13,263 |
| 2005 | 1,658 | #210 | 5 | #12,615 |
| 2004 | 1,631 | #205 | 12 | #6,380 |
| 2003 | 1,718 | #188 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,697 | #190 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,819 | #181 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,614 | #198 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,423 | #224 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,237 | #249 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,054 | #277 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,103 | #256 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,137 | #250 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1,225 | #233 | — | — |
| 1993 | 984 | #281 | 7 | #7,307 |
| 1992 | 1,040 | #271 | — | — |
| 1991 | 937 | #296 | — | — |
| 1990 | 958 | #288 | — | — |
| 1989 | 840 | #308 | — | — |
| 1988 | 888 | #281 | — | — |
| 1987 | 877 | #279 | 6 | #6,632 |
| 1986 | 828 | #296 | — | — |
| 1985 | 945 | #265 | — | — |
| 1984 | 843 | #286 | — | — |
| 1983 | 738 | #314 | — | — |
| 1982 | 602 | #383 | — | — |
| 1981 | 487 | #440 | — | — |
| 1980 | 460 | #463 | — | — |
| 1979 | 469 | #439 | — | — |
| 1978 | 342 | #532 | — | — |
| 1977 | 410 | #473 | — | — |
| 1976 | 404 | #470 | — | — |
| 1975 | 408 | #463 | — | — |
| 1974 | 353 | #498 | — | — |
| 1973 | 341 | #505 | — | — |
| 1972 | 236 | #648 | — | — |
| 1971 | 212 | #716 | — | — |
| 1970 | 172 | #808 | — | — |
| 1969 | 170 | #789 | — | — |
| 1968 | 175 | #752 | — | — |
| 1967 | 211 | #660 | — | — |
| 1966 | 178 | #740 | — | — |
| 1965 | 175 | #756 | — | — |
| 1964 | 245 | #653 | — | — |
| 1963 | 273 | #606 | — | — |
| 1962 | 267 | #613 | — | — |
| 1961 | 308 | #572 | — | — |
| 1960 | 325 | #535 | — | — |
| 1959 | 346 | #523 | — | — |
| 1958 | 306 | #560 | — | — |
| 1957 | 296 | #559 | — | — |
| 1956 | 287 | #555 | — | — |
| 1955 | 348 | #486 | — | — |
| 1954 | 346 | #481 | — | — |
| 1953 | 336 | #465 | — | — |
| 1952 | 407 | #425 | — | — |
| 1951 | 387 | #425 | — | — |
| 1950 | 444 | #383 | — | — |
| 1949 | 420 | #385 | — | — |
| 1948 | 482 | #354 | — | — |
| 1947 | 529 | #346 | — | — |
| 1946 | 469 | #350 | — | — |
| 1945 | 440 | #326 | — | — |
| 1944 | 516 | #296 | — | — |
| 1943 | 566 | #291 | — | — |
| 1942 | 546 | #289 | 5 | #3,873 |
| 1941 | 540 | #276 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1940 | 511 | #278 | — | — |
| 1939 | 567 | #260 | 8 | #2,732 |
| 1938 | 580 | #262 | 7 | #3,061 |
| 1937 | 635 | #251 | 6 | #3,379 |
| 1936 | 661 | #242 | 5 | #3,868 |
| 1935 | 686 | #240 | — | — |
| 1934 | 729 | #233 | 6 | #3,539 |
| 1933 | 677 | #233 | 8 | #2,897 |
| 1932 | 734 | #224 | 8 | #3,006 |
| 1931 | 742 | #222 | 8 | #3,005 |
| 1930 | 794 | #216 | 9 | #2,925 |
| 1929 | 859 | #212 | 11 | #2,540 |
| 1928 | 1,020 | #198 | 9 | #2,982 |
| 1927 | 1,090 | #188 | 7 | #3,666 |
| 1926 | 1,092 | #189 | 6 | #4,016 |
| 1925 | 1,215 | #179 | 8 | #3,300 |
| 1924 | 1,259 | #181 | 11 | #2,765 |
| 1923 | 1,248 | #176 | 5 | #4,638 |
| 1922 | 1,313 | #170 | 6 | #4,131 |
| 1921 | 1,300 | #173 | 10 | #2,914 |
| 1920 | 1,299 | #172 | 7 | #3,695 |
| 1919 | 1,428 | #155 | 12 | #2,455 |
| 1918 | 1,394 | #158 | 12 | #2,481 |
| 1917 | 1,268 | #161 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,277 | #157 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,269 | #150 | — | — |
| 1914 | 1,055 | #141 | — | — |
| 1913 | 1,019 | #127 | 6 | #2,679 |
| 1912 | 1,013 | #115 | 5 | #2,768 |
| 1911 | 822 | #111 | — | — |
| 1910 | 940 | #95 | 5 | #1,755 |
| 1909 | 794 | #98 | — | — |
| 1908 | 772 | #95 | — | — |
| 1907 | 846 | #91 | — | — |
| 1906 | 839 | #84 | 10 | #833 |
| 1905 | 809 | #84 | 6 | #1,179 |
| 1904 | 805 | #81 | — | — |
| 1903 | 780 | #80 | — | — |
| 1902 | 853 | #78 | — | — |
| 1901 | 746 | #80 | — | — |
| 1900 | 1,045 | #75 | 5 | #1,426 |
| 1899 | 814 | #70 | — | — |
| 1898 | 876 | #72 | 7 | #954 |
| 1897 | 760 | #75 | — | — |
| 1896 | 871 | #69 | — | — |
| 1895 | 890 | #67 | — | — |
| 1894 | 895 | #66 | — | — |
| 1893 | 886 | #64 | — | — |
| 1892 | 883 | #64 | 5 | #1,184 |
| 1891 | 841 | #60 | 8 | #745 |
| 1890 | 891 | #61 | 10 | #652 |
| 1889 | 825 | #61 | — | — |
| 1888 | 882 | #57 | — | — |
| 1887 | 740 | #55 | — | — |
| 1886 | 756 | #53 | — | — |
| 1885 | 716 | #51 | — | — |
| 1884 | 749 | #48 | — | — |
| 1883 | 663 | #49 | — | — |
| 1882 | 627 | #50 | — | — |
| 1881 | 532 | #51 | — | — |
| 1880 | 582 | #46 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).