first name
MARGO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,948 people named Margo, 75.9% reported their origin as White, 11.5% as Black and 7.9% 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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Margo peaked in 1954, when 720 babies got the name.
At least 27,242 babies have been given the name since 1905. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Margo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #613. The largest share of babies named Margo, 37.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Margo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Margo has been most common in Utah (2.3×), Michigan (1.9×), and District of Columbia (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.13×).
21,977 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.
Either side of Margo
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Margo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Margo ranks #42,533 of 156,621, with 549 people. See Margo as a last name
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