Margery

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Margery is a female given name derived from Margaret, which can also be spelled as Marjorie, Margaery, Margery or Marjory. From the Old French, the Middle English forms of Margaret equally derive from the Greek for pearl.

From Wikipedia

Margery first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 133 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 564 babies (rank #280 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Margery

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Margery yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6Destiny numberThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

15,785

Total babies (all years)

133

Years in the data

564

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Margery

Margery Allinghamnovelist · b. 1904

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	8	#660
1881	8	#658
1882	12	#555
1883	11	#603
1884	11	#666
1885	8	#829
1886	17	#551
1887	29	#406
1888	12	#777
1889	13	#744
1890	25	#533
1891	28	#494
1892	33	#474
1893	31	#497
1894	35	#482
1895	39	#467
1896	43	#445
1897	37	#475
1898	38	#508
1899	41	#458
1900	38	#565
1901	39	#486
1902	35	#555
1903	41	#502
1904	39	#533
1905	35	#596
1906	51	#482
1907	46	#532
1908	47	#543
1909	54	#513
1910	66	#502
1911	76	#476
1912	127	#411
1913	127	#438
1914	167	#410
1915	275	#362
1916	330	#341
1917	390	#312
1918	378	#330
1919	393	#318
1920	534	#283
1921	564	#280
1922	511	#289
1923	515	#287
1924	515	#294
1925	444	#317
1926	439	#317
1927	435	#322
1928	400	#333
1929	365	#338
1930	354	#356
1931	317	#362
1932	316	#359
1933	297	#370
1934	277	#385
1935	254	#405
1936	217	#439
1937	224	#440
1938	219	#454
1939	210	#464
1940	212	#461
1941	222	#471
1942	249	#467
1943	230	#489
1944	242	#462
1945	216	#495
1946	215	#539
1947	302	#473
1948	229	#547
1949	220	#562
1950	184	#622
1951	170	#673
1952	204	#613
1953	198	#634
1954	148	#770
1955	138	#823
1956	144	#824
1957	118	#949
1958	113	#976
1959	90	#1,128
1960	82	#1,209
1961	103	#1,081
1962	88	#1,174
1963	84	#1,195
1964	74	#1,305
1965	77	#1,236
1966	66	#1,343
1967	52	#1,578
1968	46	#1,742
1969	39	#2,017
1970	43	#1,974
1971	24	#2,917
1972	25	#2,796
1973	34	#2,289
1974	28	#2,656
1975	26	#2,856
1976	23	#3,152
1977	21	#3,563
1978	15	#4,582
1979	8	#7,736
1980	23	#3,571
1981	19	#4,098
1982	19	#4,116
1983	13	#5,330
1984	17	#4,428
1985	16	#4,772
1986	7	#9,155
1987	11	#6,594
1988	14	#5,780
1989	11	#7,266
1990	17	#5,440
1991	13	#6,840
1992	7	#11,222
1993	12	#7,320
1995	7	#11,281
1996	9	#9,277
1997	6	#13,111
1998	6	#13,492
1999	9	#10,023
2000	8	#11,400
2001	5	#16,956
2002	10	#9,980
2003	9	#10,982
2004	7	#13,671
2005	6	#15,728
2007	6	#16,819
2008	7	#14,819
2014	7	#14,043
2016	7	#13,826
2017	11	#9,715
2019	7	#13,298
2020	9	#10,805
2022	8	#11,854