Maggy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAG-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Maggy is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Maggy mean?
Greek: spelling of Maggie; pet form of Margaret
“pearl”
Pet form of Margaret, from the Greek word for pearl.
Meaning borrowed from Maggie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Maggy a girl's or a boy's name?
Maggy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maggy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Maggy, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Maggy in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,047 girls in the US were given Maggy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #322, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Maggie 1,041
- Maggy 6
Maggy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Nicknames for Maggy
- Mags
Names like Maggy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lainey Cassidy Kennedy Murphy Riley Chloe Kaitlyn Marley Bailey Lily Mallory Hailey
Other spellings of Maggy
Names related to Maggy
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maggy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maggy, updated 20 October 2026.