How popular is the name Margo?

Margo ranks 540th among girls' names in US records, with 49,683 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 16,217.

Is Margo a unisex name?

No. Margo is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1954, when 820 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#540 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 R G OW0 (ARPABET)

Margo is a girls' name, and first appears in 1894. It has been given to 49,683 children — the 540th most common girls' name on record.

It peaked in 1954, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1954, when 820 children were given it.

1954Girls: 820Boys: 5

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Margo?: Margo ranks 540th among girls' names in US records, with 49,683 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 16,217.
Is Margo a unisex name?: No. Margo is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Margo most popular?: 1954, when 820 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.