Maggie

What Maggie means

Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”

diminutive of the female given name Margaret || From the name of 3rd century Saint Margaret the Virgin, from Middle English Margaret, from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite), from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), ultimately from an Indo-Iranian s

Source: Wiktionary, “Maggie” (revision 94541407) and “Margaret” (revision 94541482), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Maggie?

US: Falling: down from #241 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #205 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 582 girls got the name (#46 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,544 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 935 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 688 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ME (2.57 per 1,000 girls), AR (2.17 per 1,000 girls), MT (2.12 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Maggie is #294 in the US and #184 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Maggie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Maggie

Girls

• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Grace#38From the word “grace”^*
• Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025
• Isabel#176“my God is an oath”^*
• Abigail#41“my Father's joy”^*
• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies

For a brother

• Kaleb#295“dog”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Hayden#161“hay + valley”^*
• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Maggie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.