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Description of the name "Margaret"

Margaret is most popular name in District of Columbia of US for all generations. And most popular Girl name of Baby Boomers in Northeast. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) falling for female in MidWest, stalled for female in Northeast, stalled for female in South, stalled for female in West, and stalled for female in MidWeststalled for female in Northeaststalled for female in Southstalled for female in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Margaret'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Margaret'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Margaret"

Years with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Margaret" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

 
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 4th out of 1539 names.
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 761st out of 1654 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 8th out of 1429 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 792nd out of 1332 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 23rd out of 1441 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 80th out of 1550 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 103rd out of 1589 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 140th out of 1586 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Margaret" is 138th out of 1328 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.