Maggie
Girl · MAG-ee · Greek
Maggie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 183rd for girls in the UK (308 babies) and 294th for girls in the US (1,041 babies).
What does Maggie mean?
Greek: pet form of Margaret
“pearl”
Pet form of Margaret, from the Greek word for pearl.
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Is Maggie a girl's or a boy's name?
Maggie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 308 girls in the UK and 1,041 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maggie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #183among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 308about 1 in 900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 308 girls in the UK were named Maggie, making it the 183rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 190th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 355 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maggie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 184th in England and Wales, 157th in Scotland and 161st in Northern Ireland.
Maggie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308 | #183 |
| 2024 | 300 | #184 |
| 2023 | 271 | #202 |
| 2022 | 272 | #206 |
| 2021 | 308 | #184 |
| 2020 | 289 | #190 |
| 2019 | 299 | #189 |
| 2018 | 355 | #171 |
| 2017 | 328 | #184 |
| 2016 | 328 | #187 |
| 2015 | 288 | #203 |
| 2014 | 298 | #200 |
| 2013 | 246 | #229 |
| 2012 | 233 | #241 |
| 2011 | 247 | #229 |
| 2010 | 209 | #267 |
| 2009 | 205 | #262 |
| 2008 | 216 | #256 |
| 2007 | 170 | #304 |
| 2006 | 132 | #355 |
| 2005 | 120 | #368 |
| 2004 | 86 | #456 |
| 2003 | 67 | #521 |
| 2002 | 65 | #509 |
| 2001 | 61 | #528 |
| 2000 | 32 | #792 |
| 1999 | 40 | #676 |
| 1998 | 53 | #567 |
| 1997 | 38 | #719 |
| 1996 | 31 | #798 |
How popular is Maggie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #294among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,041about 1 in 1,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,041 girls in the US were named Maggie, making it the 294th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 293rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,874 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maggie in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 2003. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Maggie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,041 | #294 |
| 2024 | 1,057 | #299 |
| 2023 | 977 | #318 |
| 2022 | 1,076 | #293 |
| 2021 | 1,124 | #283 |
| 2020 | 1,091 | #293 |
| 2019 | 1,135 | #295 |
| 2018 | 1,128 | #294 |
| 2017 | 1,287 | #248 |
| 2016 | 1,324 | #242 |
| 2015 | 1,338 | #241 |
| 2014 | 1,356 | #238 |
| 2013 | 1,386 | #232 |
| 2012 | 1,308 | #247 |
| 2011 | 1,389 | #230 |
| 2010 | 1,409 | #225 |
| 2009 | 1,426 | #233 |
| 2008 | 1,607 | #214 |
| 2007 | 1,874 | #181 |
| 2006 | 1,853 | #189 |
| 2005 | 1,658 | #210 |
| 2004 | 1,631 | #205 |
| 2003 | 1,718 | #188 |
| 2002 | 1,697 | #190 |
| 2001 | 1,819 | #181 |
| 2000 | 1,614 | #198 |
| 1999 | 1,423 | #224 |
| 1998 | 1,237 | #248 |
| 1997 | 1,054 | #277 |
| 1996 | 1,103 | #256 |
| 1995 | 1,137 | #250 |
| 1994 | 1,225 | #233 |
| 1993 | 984 | #281 |
| 1992 | 1,040 | #271 |
| 1991 | 937 | #296 |
| 1990 | 958 | #288 |
| 1989 | 840 | #308 |
| 1988 | 888 | #281 |
| 1987 | 877 | #279 |
| 1986 | 828 | #295 |
| 1985 | 945 | #264 |
| 1984 | 843 | #286 |
| 1983 | 738 | #313 |
| 1982 | 602 | #383 |
| 1981 | 487 | #439 |
| 1980 | 460 | #460 |
| 1979 | 469 | #438 |
| 1978 | 342 | #532 |
| 1977 | 410 | #472 |
| 1976 | 404 | #470 |
| 1975 | 408 | #461 |
| 1974 | 353 | #498 |
| 1973 | 341 | #504 |
| 1972 | 236 | #645 |
| 1971 | 212 | #716 |
| 1970 | 172 | #803 |
| 1969 | 170 | #786 |
| 1968 | 175 | #749 |
| 1967 | 211 | #659 |
| 1966 | 178 | #740 |
| 1965 | 175 | #756 |
| 1964 | 245 | #653 |
| 1963 | 273 | #604 |
| 1962 | 267 | #613 |
| 1961 | 308 | #570 |
| 1960 | 325 | #535 |
| 1959 | 346 | #523 |
| 1958 | 306 | #559 |
| 1957 | 296 | #557 |
| 1956 | 287 | #552 |
| 1955 | 348 | #484 |
| 1954 | 346 | #479 |
| 1953 | 336 | #463 |
| 1952 | 407 | #422 |
| 1951 | 387 | #424 |
| 1950 | 444 | #382 |
| 1949 | 420 | #384 |
| 1948 | 482 | #353 |
| 1947 | 529 | #346 |
| 1946 | 469 | #350 |
| 1945 | 440 | #326 |
| 1944 | 516 | #296 |
| 1943 | 566 | #291 |
| 1942 | 546 | #289 |
| 1941 | 540 | #276 |
| 1940 | 511 | #278 |
| 1939 | 567 | #260 |
| 1938 | 580 | #262 |
| 1937 | 635 | #251 |
| 1936 | 661 | #242 |
| 1935 | 686 | #240 |
| 1934 | 729 | #233 |
| 1933 | 677 | #233 |
| 1932 | 734 | #224 |
| 1931 | 742 | #222 |
| 1930 | 794 | #216 |
| 1929 | 859 | #212 |
| 1928 | 1,020 | #198 |
| 1927 | 1,090 | #188 |
| 1926 | 1,092 | #189 |
| 1925 | 1,215 | #179 |
| 1924 | 1,259 | #181 |
| 1923 | 1,248 | #176 |
| 1922 | 1,313 | #170 |
| 1921 | 1,300 | #173 |
| 1920 | 1,299 | #172 |
| 1919 | 1,428 | #155 |
| 1918 | 1,394 | #158 |
| 1917 | 1,268 | #161 |
| 1916 | 1,277 | #157 |
| 1915 | 1,269 | #150 |
| 1914 | 1,055 | #141 |
| 1913 | 1,019 | #127 |
| 1912 | 1,013 | #115 |
| 1911 | 822 | #111 |
| 1910 | 940 | #95 |
| 1909 | 794 | #98 |
| 1908 | 772 | #95 |
| 1907 | 846 | #91 |
| 1906 | 839 | #84 |
| 1905 | 809 | #84 |
| 1904 | 805 | #81 |
| 1903 | 780 | #80 |
| 1902 | 853 | #78 |
| 1901 | 746 | #80 |
| 1900 | 1,045 | #75 |
| 1899 | 814 | #70 |
| 1898 | 876 | #72 |
| 1897 | 760 | #75 |
| 1896 | 871 | #69 |
| 1895 | 890 | #67 |
| 1894 | 895 | #66 |
| 1893 | 886 | #64 |
| 1892 | 883 | #64 |
| 1891 | 841 | #60 |
| 1890 | 891 | #61 |
| 1889 | 825 | #61 |
| 1888 | 882 | #57 |
| 1887 | 740 | #55 |
| 1886 | 756 | #53 |
| 1885 | 716 | #51 |
| 1884 | 749 | #48 |
| 1883 | 663 | #48 |
| 1882 | 627 | #50 |
| 1881 | 532 | #51 |
| 1880 | 582 | #46 |
Nicknames for Maggie
- Mags
Names like Maggie
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