girl's name

Margery

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 15,811

Margery is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1921, when 564 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Margery over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

4,722
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Margery by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 129
1890s 350
1900s 425
1910s 2,329
1920s 4,722
1930s 2,685
1940s 2,337
1950s 1,507
1960s 711
1970s 247
1980s 150
1990s 86
2000s 58
2010s 32
2020s (to 2025) 23

How popular is Margery?

In 2025, Margery was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Margery is used

France #3,196 5 in 1994
United States #13,518 6 in 2025

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 Margery

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

Parents who like Margery also like

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

Sibling names for Margery

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

Common questions about Margery

How popular is the name Margery?

In 2025, Margery was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Margery is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Margery?

Margery has 3 syllables.

When was Margery most popular?

Margery peaked in 1921, when 564 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Margery a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Margery currently ranks #13,518 in the United States. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.