Margo
Margo is ranked 545th among girls in 2024 (555 births). Its best rank was 295th, in 1951.
- Rank in 2024
- #545down 2 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5550.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 1954715 births
- Best rank
- #295in 1951
- Since 1905
- 26,665people given the name
The story in the numbers
26,665 girls have been named Margo in the United States since 1905, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 715 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1950s alone account for 22%. It has spent 60 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Margo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 26 | |
| 1910s | 151 | |
| 1920s | 304 | |
| 1930s | 1,209 | |
| 1940s | 4,791 | |
| 1950s | 5,886 | |
| 1960s | 3,956 | |
| 1970s | 2,271 | |
| 1980s | 1,741 | |
| 1990s | 1,217 | |
| 2000s | 886 | |
| 2010s | 1,815 | |
| 2020s | 2,412 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Margo was the 315th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Margo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charolettepeak 1943
- Sharlottepeak 2024
- Ilonapeak 1946
- Carolynnpeak 1942
- Lanapeak 1948
- Maryannepeak 1957
- Roseannepeak 1950
- Karolpeak 2005
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.