Margo
Margo or Margó is a female given name, a form of Margaret. In Estonia, it is mainly a male given name.
Meaning & Origin of Margo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Margo or Margó is a female given name, a form of Margaret. In Estonia, it is mainly a male given name.
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The Story of Margo
Margo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1905, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1954, when 715 Margos were born — ranking #315 that year. As of 2026, Margo ranks #495 for baby girls with 612 births, rising sharply (+69% over the past five years). In total, more than 28K Margos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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About the name Margo
Margo is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1905 and has accumulated 28K births in the dataset. Margo's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #295. Use the chart and map above to compare Margo'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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