How Many People Are Named Maggie?
people named Maggie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,100 people in the US has this name
Based on 123,360 babies named Maggie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,874 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MARGARET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Maggie (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maggie alive today is about 30 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maggie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 1,874 babies. In 2025, 1,041 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maggie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #46, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 31 years, 1880 to 1910. In 2025 it ranked #294.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #294 |
| Best rank | #46 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 31 (1880 to 1910) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #201 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maggie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maggie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,176 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maggie was given 4.3 times as often in Mississippi, 3.6 times in South Carolina and 2.8 times in Alabama.
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