as a First Name
Pet form of Margaret, now also used as an independent given name. In the Middle Ages the short form Mag(g) was common, as a result of the early loss in pronunciation of the English preconsonantal r; it is no longer used as a given name, but it did give rise to the surname Maggs.
| 681st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 54,026
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 77,071
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Maggie per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
99.98%
0.02%
23%
55+
55+
12%
30-54
30-54
20%
13-29
13-29
45%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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