How Many People Are Named Margo?
people named Margo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,499 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,242 babies named Margo in Social Security records from 1905 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
720 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MARGOT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Margo (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Margo alive today is about 48 years old, and 46% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 24 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Margo first appears in the records in 1905 and was given most often in 1954, to 720 babies. In 2025, 540 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1905 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Margo has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #295, in 1951. In 2025 it ranked #559.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #559 |
| Best rank | #295 (1951) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #361 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Margo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Margo were born in California than in any other state: about 2,181 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Margo was given 2.5 times as often in Utah, 1.8 times in Michigan and 1.7 times in Minnesota.
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