girl's name
Margie
MAR-jee
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 106,421
Margie means pearl, carried from Margaret — and the Greek behind it may be a loan from an Indo-Iranian source, so the word for the gem traveled a long way before it became a name.
- Margie is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1925, when 2,882 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 195,046 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Margie 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.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 456 |
| 1890s | 1,034 |
| 1900s | 2,097 |
| 1910s | 6,781 |
| 1920s | 25,606 |
| 1930s | 23,491 |
| 1940s | 20,355 |
| 1950s | 13,693 |
| 1960s | 8,180 |
| 1970s | 2,443 |
| 1980s | 1,161 |
| 1990s | 545 |
| 2000s | 287 |
| 2010s | 162 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 116 |
What Margie means
Margie means pearl, carried from Margaret. The Greek margarites names the gem directly, and the pet form changes nothing about the sense it carries. The sense passes into the modern name unchanged.
Where Margie comes from
Margie is a pet form of Margaret, from the Greek margarites, a pearl — a word Greek appears to have borrowed, with an Indo-Iranian source usually proposed. The same root gives margarine, which was named for the pearly lustre of the fatty acid it was first made from. Margaret produced an unusually large family: Peggy, Meg, Maggie, Marjorie, Rita, Greta and Daisy, the last because the French for a daisy is marguerite.
Margie in use
Margie peaked in the United States in 1925, when 2,882 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It charts in two of the seven markets we track — 5279th in England and Wales on 4 births and 6600th in the United States on 17 — across 106,421 lifetime births. Our records carry it from 1880.
How popular is Margie?
In 2025, Margie was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Margie is used
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 Margie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Margie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Margie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Margie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Dutch
- Margaret
Sibling names for Margie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Margie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Margie
What does the name Margie mean?
Pearl, carried from Margaret and the Greek margarites.
Is Daisy related to Margaret?
Yes, by translation — the French for a daisy is marguerite.
Is margarine related?
Yes — named for the pearly lustre of the fatty acid it was first made from.
How popular is Margie?
6600th in the United States, and our data marks it stable.
Is Margie a girl's or a boy's name?
Margie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Margie?
Margie has 2 syllables.
Is Margie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Margie currently ranks #5,279 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.