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Marge

This name is a diminutive of Margaret or Margareeta.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈmɑɹd͡ʒ/; British English /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ/
Usage languagesEnglish, Estonian, multiple languages
US rank (1947)#972

Meaning and history

Marge is a diminutive of Margaret in English or Margareeta in Estonian. It is also the name of the mother character in the animated television series The Simpsons, which began in 1989.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
19281928: no US SSA record for this spelling
1929: 61 births, rank #919
1930: 72 births, rank #843
1931: 53 births, rank #955
1932: 63 births, rank #888
19331933: 52 births, rank #955
1934: 60 births, rank #882
1935: 65 births, rank #858
1936: 59 births, rank #892
1937: 77 births, rank #783
19381938: 101 births, rank #686
1939: 99 births, rank #684
1940: 85 births, rank #758
1941: 114 births, rank #665
1942: 80 births, rank #861
19431943: 102 births, rank #773
1944: 77 births, rank #871
1945: 91 births, rank #786
1946: 93 births, rank #860
19471947: 84 births, rank #972

Marge moved from #860 to #972 for girls between 1946 and 1947. Its highest annual birth count came in 1941, with 114 births.