How Many People Are Named Marge?
people named Marge are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 270,827 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,784 babies named Marge in Social Security records from 1889 to 1976, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
114 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MARGARET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marge in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marge alive today is about 75 years old, and 95% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marge first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1941, to 114 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1976.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 1976
🏆 Rank History
Marge has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #665, in 1941.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #665 (1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #893 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marge alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marge were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 168 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marge was given 6.4 times as often in Illinois, 2.9 times in Michigan and 2.9 times in Wisconsin.
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