NameTides

Maggie

Maggie was the #294 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,041 babies), and #184 in England & Wales and #440 in Canada.

Maggie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Maggie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Maggie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#294 (1,041)#184 (271)#157 (26)#161 (11)#130 (36)#440 (70)#94 (77)#77 (80)
2024#299 (1,057)#183 (266)#215 (17)#119 (17)#130 (35)#339 (89)—#68 (94)
2023#318 (977)#209 (228)#228 (17)#79 (26)#156 (31)#324 (92)—#94 (58)
2022#293 (1,076)#213 (230)#173 (25)#127 (17)#142 (37)#347 (86)—#89 (66)
2021#283 (1,124)#187 (276)#225 (18)#158 (14)#147 (34)#369 (87)—#98 (62)
2020#293 (1,091)#191 (259)#241 (15)#134 (15)#152 (33)#382 (82)—#72 (81)
2019#295 (1,135)#183 (270)#286 (13)#131 (16)#156 (34)#349 (93)——
2018#294 (1,128)#171 (313)#182 (24)#130 (18)#185 (28)#357 (92)—#82 (67)
2017#248 (1,287)#185 (291)#210 (21)#143 (16)#165 (32)#313 (105)—#93 (60)
2016#242 (1,324)#184 (295)#240 (17)#137 (16)#195 (26)#333 (102)—#96 (57)
2015#241 (1,338)#205 (263)#252 (16)#209 (9)#204 (26)#341 (101)——
2014#238 (1,356)#198 (269)#246 (18)#178 (11)#229 (22)#298 (110)——
2013#232 (1,386)#227 (220)#288 (14)#167 (12)#148 (40)#298 (110)——
2012#247 (1,308)#249 (204)#278 (16)#146 (13)#213 (26)#271 (122)——
2011#230 (1,389)#217 (230)#465 (7)#189 (10)#220 (24)#299 (110)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #46.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 930common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 690common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 590common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maggie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maggie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #326WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #332WAIdaho: #175IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #221MNIllinois: #276ILMichigan: #424MINew York: #496NYMassachusetts: #375MAOregon: #273ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #173IAIndiana: #197INOhio: #289OHPennsylvania: #251PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #538CAUtah: #151UTColorado: #337CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #185MOKentucky: #154KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #172KSArkansas: #125ARTennessee: #148TNNorth Carolina: #189NCSouth Carolina: #278SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #166OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #133MSAlabama: #201ALGeorgia: #237GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #407TXFlorida: #502FL
Maggie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#33937
Quebec2025#5408

Maggie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaggieCanadaGirls#44070
MaggieEngland & WalesGirls#184271
MaggieIrelandGirls#13036
MaggieNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
MaggieNSWGirls#9477
MaggieScotlandGirls#15726
MaggieUSGirls#2941,041
MaggieUSBoys—too few
MaggieVICGirls#7780