# Maggie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maggie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmæɡi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mags |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 123,360 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 282 / 123,078 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,285, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,389 | 230 |
| 2012 | 1,308 | 247 |
| 2013 | 1,386 | 232 |
| 2014 | 1,356 | 238 |
| 2015 | 1,338 | 241 |
| 2016 | 1,324 | 242 |
| 2017 | 1,287 | 248 |
| 2018 | 1,128 | 294 |
| 2019 | 1,135 | 295 |
| 2020 | 1,091 | 293 |
| 2021 | 1,124 | 283 |
| 2022 | 1,076 | 294 |
| 2023 | 977 | 318 |
| 2024 | 1,057 | 299 |
| 2025 | 1,041 | 294 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 8 | 3,005 |
| 1932 | 8 | 3,006 |
| 1933 | 8 | 2,897 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,539 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,868 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,379 |
| 1938 | 7 | 3,061 |
| 1939 | 8 | 2,732 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,362 |
| 1942 | 5 | 3,873 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,632 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,307 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6,380 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,615 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,263 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 230 | 217 |
| 2012 | 204 | 249 |
| 2013 | 220 | 227 |
| 2014 | 269 | 198 |
| 2015 | 263 | 205 |
| 2016 | 295 | 184 |
| 2017 | 291 | 185 |
| 2018 | 313 | 171 |
| 2019 | 270 | 183 |
| 2020 | 259 | 191 |
| 2021 | 276 | 187 |
| 2022 | 230 | 213 |
| 2023 | 228 | 209 |
| 2024 | 266 | 183 |
| 2025 | 271 | 184 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 瑪吉 /玛吉
- Danish: Grete, Grethe, Merete, Meta
- Dutch: Greet, Greetje, Griet
- Finnish: Reeta, Reetta
- French: Maguy, Margot
- German: Gretel, Greta, Gretchen, Grete
- Hungarian: Gitta, Gréta
- Icelandic: Gréta
- Italian: Rita, Greta
- Japanese: マギー
- Korean: 매기
- Lithuanian: Greta
- Norwegian: Grete, Grethe, Meta, Mette
- Polish: Gosia, Małgosia, Marzena
- Spanish: Rita
- Swedish: Greta, Märta, Meta
- Welsh: Mared

## People named Maggie

- Maggie Grace, American actress
- Maggie Hassan, American politician (born 1958)
- Maggie McNamara, American actress (1928-1978)
- Maggie Siff, American actress
- Maggie Lawson, American actress
- Maggie O'Farrell, British writer
- Maggie Stiefvater, American novelist (born 1981)
- Maggie Roswell, American actress
- Maggie Steffens, American water polo player
- Maggie Aderin, British space scientist
- Maggie Gobran, Egyptian charity fundraiser
- Maggie De Block, Flemish politician (born 1962)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.