girl's name

Marga

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 423

Marga is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 1993 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1960, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Marga over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1993, not a full ten years.

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Births named Marga by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 22
1920s 17
1930s 40
1940s 73
1950s 80
1960s 61
1970s 38
1980s 7
1990s (to 1993) 5

How popular is Marga?

In 1993, Marga was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Marga is used

France #6,600 5 in 2025
United States #14,737 5 in 1993

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Marga

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marga also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marga over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Marga

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marga — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marga

How popular is the name Marga?

In 1993, Marga was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Marga a girl's or a boy's name?

Marga is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Marga?

Marga has 2 syllables.

When was Marga most popular?

Marga peaked in 1960, when 15 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Marga a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marga currently ranks #6,600 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.