first name
MARGE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,993 people named Marge, 87.6% reported their origin as White, 4.3% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marge peaked in 1941, when 114 babies got the name.
At least 3,784 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Marge by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,482. The largest share of babies named Marge, 36.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Marge is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marge has been most common in Illinois (6.9×), Wisconsin (3.2×), and Michigan (3×), and least common in California (0.75×).
1,647 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 other first names also have 3,993 people.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marge, most common first.
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