Maggie
Maggie or Maggy is a feminine given name. It can be a short form of Magdalena, Magnolia, Margaret, or Marigold.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maggie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maggie or Maggy is a feminine given name. It can be a short form of Magdalena, Magnolia, Margaret, or Marigold.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maggie
The earliest SSA record of Maggie as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 582 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 1,874 newborns named Maggie — #181 in the national rankings. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #308 among baby girl names with 1,009 births, gradually falling (-11%). In total, more than 124K Maggies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maggie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Maggie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Maggie
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About the name Maggie
Maggie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 124K births in the dataset. Maggie's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #46. Use the chart and map above to compare Maggie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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