Marge
Marge is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 665th, in 1941.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1941114 births
- Best rank
- #665in 1941
- Since 1889
- 3,784people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,784 girls have been named Marge in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1941, with 114 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 114 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1940s alone account for 22%. It has spent 41 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1941, its biggest year
Marge was the 665th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1941 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Carol and Linda. See all of 1941.
Names that rose and fell with Marge
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rethapeak 1924
- Norenepeak 1931
- Bernardinepeak 1925
- Melvapeak 1938
- Gaynellepeak 1937
- Cletapeak 1935
- Sybilpeak 1921
- Florettapeak 1930
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.