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Girl's name · #559 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Margo was #297 in 1941, slipped to #2368 by 2006, and has climbed back to #559 today. Roughly 27,000 girls have been named Margo since 1905.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#290 in N. Ireland (2025) · #357 in England & Wales (2025) · #429 in Scotland (2025) · #683 in Canada (2025) · #718 in Ireland (2025) · #836 in Poland (2025) · #1,148 in Belgium (2025) · #1,658 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #5,833 in France (2025) · #16,536 in Italy (2024) · #3,015 in Austria (2024) and 1 more.
Among 207 notable people named Margo:
Entertainers appear 1.99× more often than among typical names — e.g. Margo Martindale, American actress (born 1951).
Together with its spelling variants Margot (#102) and Margaux (#1199), Margo would rank around #74 with about 3,300 births last year — the newborns split about 78/16/6 across Margot, Margo, and Margaux.
Similar names: Margot · Paulette · Marta · Indigo · Louise · Maxine
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