Margery
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Margery is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Margery mean?
Greek
A medieval vernacular form of Margaret, A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Margery a girl's or a boy's name?
Margery 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 Margery in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Margery, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 564 girls.
Half of all the girls named Margery in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
Margery in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 39 | #2,003 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,728 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,559 |
| 1966 | 66 | #1,335 |
| 1965 | 77 | #1,226 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,293 |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,188 |
| 1962 | 88 | #1,167 |
| 1961 | 103 | #1,079 |
| 1960 | 82 | #1,198 |
| 1959 | 90 | #1,125 |
| 1958 | 113 | #972 |
| 1957 | 118 | #945 |
| 1956 | 144 | #821 |
| 1955 | 138 | #820 |
| 1954 | 148 | #767 |
| 1953 | 198 | #632 |
| 1952 | 204 | #609 |
| 1951 | 170 | #670 |
| 1950 | 184 | #621 |
| 1949 | 220 | #560 |
| 1948 | 229 | #546 |
| 1947 | 302 | #472 |
| 1946 | 215 | #539 |
| 1945 | 216 | #494 |
| 1944 | 242 | #461 |
| 1943 | 230 | #488 |
| 1942 | 249 | #467 |
| 1941 | 222 | #471 |
| 1940 | 212 | #460 |
| 1939 | 210 | #464 |
| 1938 | 219 | #454 |
| 1937 | 224 | #439 |
| 1936 | 217 | #438 |
| 1935 | 254 | #404 |
| 1934 | 277 | #385 |
| 1933 | 297 | #369 |
| 1932 | 316 | #358 |
| 1931 | 317 | #362 |
| 1930 | 354 | #356 |
| 1929 | 365 | #338 |
| 1928 | 400 | #333 |
| 1927 | 435 | #322 |
| 1926 | 439 | #317 |
| 1925 | 444 | #316 |
| 1924 | 515 | #294 |
| 1923 | 515 | #287 |
| 1922 | 511 | #289 |
| 1921 | 564 | #279 |
| 1920 | 534 | #283 |
| 1919 | 393 | #318 |
| 1918 | 378 | #330 |
| 1917 | 390 | #312 |
| 1916 | 330 | #339 |
| 1915 | 275 | #362 |
| 1914 | 167 | #409 |
| 1913 | 127 | #438 |
| 1912 | 127 | #411 |
| 1911 | 76 | #473 |
| 1910 | 66 | #500 |
| 1909 | 54 | #509 |
| 1908 | 47 | #535 |
| 1907 | 46 | #529 |
| 1906 | 51 | #477 |
| 1905 | 35 | #587 |
| 1904 | 39 | #529 |
| 1903 | 41 | #496 |
| 1902 | 35 | #545 |
| 1901 | 39 | #481 |
| 1900 | 38 | #556 |
| 1899 | 41 | #455 |
| 1898 | 38 | #502 |
| 1897 | 37 | #470 |
| 1896 | 43 | #440 |
| 1895 | 39 | #465 |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 |
| 1893 | 31 | #487 |
| 1892 | 33 | #471 |
| 1891 | 28 | #483 |
| 1890 | 25 | #524 |
| 1889 | 13 | #724 |
| 1888 | 12 | #753 |
| 1887 | 29 | #403 |
| 1886 | 17 | #540 |
| 1885 | 8 | #793 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 11 | #579 |
| 1882 | 12 | #530 |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
Names like Margery
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dorothy, Mary, Marjorie, Leona, Catherine, Helen, Ruby, Marie, Loretta, Sylvia, Beatrice, Martha
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Margery: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/margery, updated 20 October 2026.