Maggie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maggie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maggie: Recorded since 1983, its highest recorded position is #79, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
87times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#79highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#753
1997	#658
1998	#530
1999	#641
2000	#728
2001	#493
2002	#513
2003	#516
2004	#428
2005	#358
2006	#354
2007	#295
2008	#253
2009	#260
2010	#276
2011	#217
2012	#249
2013	#227
2014	#198
2015	#205
2016	#184
2017	#185
2018	#171
2019	#183
2020	#191
2021	#187
2022	#213
2023	#209
2024	#183

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 35 of the 43 years from 1983 to 2025.

In 2025: #94 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #130 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1983–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #79 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2002–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #130 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maggie appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 645 births with the name.

Maggie across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Maggie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#529 (1983)	#130 (2024)	#130 (2025)	35 of 43	645 (1983–2025)	40 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#753 (1996)	#171 (2018)	#183 (2024)	29 of 29	5,014 (1996–2024)	313 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#227 (2002)	#79 (2023)	#119 (2024)	21 of 23	264 (2002–2024)	26 (2023)

Maggie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maggie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	26	7 of 10	4
2000s	123	10 of 10	12
2010s	284	10 of 10	28
2020sbusiest	206	6 of 10	34

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 34 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Maggie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #79 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Maggie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#183	266	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#209	228	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#213	230	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#187	276	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#191	259	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#183	270	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#171	313	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#185	291	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#184	295	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#205	263	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#198	269	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#227	220	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#249	204	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#217	230	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#276	178	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#260	184	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#253	194	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#295	159	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#354	121	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#358	112	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#428	84	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#516	62	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#513	58	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#493	60	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#728	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#641	38	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#530	51	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#658	37	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#753	30	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#79	26	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#127	17	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#158	14	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#134	15	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#131	16	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#130	18	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#143	16	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#137	16	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#209	9	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#167	12	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#146	13	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#146	15	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#212	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	36	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	35	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	31	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	37	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	34	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	33	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	34	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	28	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	32	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	26	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	26	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	22	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	40	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	26	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	24	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	26	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	18	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	26	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	20	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#215	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1983 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #79, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 313 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 42 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Magda · #295, 46y
Magdalena · #71, 64y
Maggie-Mae · #2063, 16y
Maggie-May · #1782, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jodi · #78, 40y
Milo · #80, 31y
Brad · #77, 36y
Cory · #77, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Roise · #79, 29y
Chantelle · #78, 42y
Milo · #80, 31y
Ask · #77, 37y

Maggie was ranked #79 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Maggie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maggie without appearing here.

Maggie moved ahead of

Astrid Compare
In 2006 they stood at #529 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #241 and #842.
Kylie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #516 and #482 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #428 and #840.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #728 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #493 and #871.
Tina Compare
In 2000 they stood at #728 and #701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #493 and #871.

Moved ahead of Maggie

Ruby Compare
In 2004 they stood at #227 and #286 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #318 and #51.
Isabella Compare
In 2004 they stood at #227 and #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #318 and #83.
Amelia Compare
In 2004 they stood at #227 and #286 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #318 and #89.
Willow Compare
In 1998 they stood at #530 and #597 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #641 and #498.

Moved the opposite way to Maggie

Aoife Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maggie went from #529 to #130 while Aoife went from #10 to #34.
Audrey Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maggie went from #529 to #130 while Audrey went from #97 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maggie went from #529 to #130 while Eileen went from #77 to #443.
Martina Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maggie went from #529 to #130 while Martina went from #45 to #325.

Moved the same way as Maggie

Abigail Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maggie went from #529 to #130 and Abigail from #476 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maggie went from #529 to #130 and Alexandra from #313 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maggie went from #529 to #130 and Alice from #153 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maggie went from #529 to #130 and Anna from #72 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #79 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maggie

Maggie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maggie across 3 official records

Maggie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maggie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Maggie

Maggie and the names beside it

Maggie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maggie

Moved the opposite way to Maggie

Moved the same way as Maggie

Maggie at a glance

Maggie across 3 official records

Maggie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maggie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Maggie

Maggie and the names beside it

Maggie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maggie

Moved the opposite way to Maggie

Moved the same way as Maggie