How popular is the baby name Margaret in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Margaret.
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1. John 2. William 3. Thomas 4. James 5. Samuel, Joseph (2-way tie) 6. Nathaniel 7. Jonathan 8. Richard, Henry, Daniel (3-way tie) 9. Abraham, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Edward, Francis, Josiah, Robert (7-way tie)
Then she used church records from 1635 to 1680 to come up with a similar list for Windsor, CT (which is about 100 miles southwest of Boston):
Girl names (Windsor, 1600s)
Boy names (Windsor, 1600s)
1. Mary 2. Sarah 3. Elizabeth 4. Abigail 5. Hanna 6. Rebecca 7. Ann/Anna, Deborah (2-way tie) 8. Joanna, Martha (2-way tie) 9. Esther/Hester, Mindwell (2-way tie) 10. Hepzibah
1. John 2. Samuel 3. Thomas 4. Nathaniel 5. Joseph 6. Josiah 7. Benjamin 8. Jonathan 9. Isaac 10. Daniel, William (2-way tie) 11. Timothy 12. James
Caitlin noted an interesting “secular/Biblical divide” between baby names chosen at the two locations.
Update: Hopkins just posted a follow-up post with more interesting name commentary.
Maybe you should go with a classic. The following names have been popular in the U.S. since at least 1880 (when data on baby names was first collected). None of the male names have ever been out of the top 400, and none of the female names have ever been out of the top 500.
So, if you’re stumped, simply close your eyes and point. Just remember to veer to the left if you’re having a boy, to the right if you’re having a girl…
Aaron Albert Alex Alexander Allen Andrew Andy Anthony Antonio Arthur Benjamin Calvin Charles Christopher Clayton Curtis Daniel David Dennis Donald Edgar Edward Edwin Felix Frank George
Grant Henry Isaac Jack Jacob James Jay Jerry Jesse Joe Joel John Jose Joseph Juan Julian Kenneth Louis Manuel Marcus Mark Martin Marvin Matthew Michael
Nathan Nathaniel Nicholas Oscar Patrick Paul Peter Philip Phillip Preston Raymond Richard Robert Ruben Samuel Stephen Theodore Thomas Timothy Tony Victor Vincent Walter Wesley William
Alice Amanda Amelia Amy Anna Anne Annie Caroline Catherine Cecilia Charlotte Christina Christine Claudia Cynthia Elizabeth Emily Emma Esther Eva Evelyn Grace Helen Jane Josephine Julia Katherine
Kathleen Kathryn Katie Laura Leah Lillian Linda Lydia Margaret Maria Mary Miriam Molly Nancy Naomi Nina Priscilla Rachel Rebecca Rose Rosa Ruby Ruth Sara Sarah Veronica
Honorable Mentions: Douglas, Eddie, Ivan, Lawrence, Mitchell and Russell were each out of the top 400 only once, and Nora was out of the top 500 only once.
Sextuplets Brady Christopher, Charlie Craig, Eli Benjamin, Jackson Robert, Ryan Patrick, and MacKenzie Margaret — five boys, one girl — are the first set of sextuplets to be born in the state of Florida.
The babies were born on September 1st to parents Karoline and Ben Byler. They arrived more than 2 months early and will likely remain in the hospital until November.
In terms of popularity, each of the sextuplets’ names is at least moderately popular in the U.S. right now. Here’s how they stacked up rank-wise in 2006:
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