Entry № 3435 · Greek origin

Maggie Maggie — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAG-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Pearl"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 287
First recorded
Medieval (short form)

A name that means "pearl".

Maggie is the English diminutive of Margaret — from the Greek margaron, meaning "pearl." The pet name has been used in English since the medieval period.

Maggie has been continuously in the U.S. top 500 since records began. The character Maggie Simpson (the baby of the family in The Simpsons), the singer Maggie Rogers, and the protagonist of The Mill on the Floss have all carried it. Today Maggie sits in the U.S. top 300 and is rising fast.

Pearl. The everyday name for queens and Pulitzer Prize winners.

The name in its native script.

Maggie
Transliteration
Maggie
Pronunciation
/ ˈmæɡ.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maggie stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 287 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 121 in 1983
Babies named Maggie · last year
1124 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1880
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · №121 NOW · №287

Maggies before her.

Real people
Maggie Smith
British actress. Two Academy Awards.
1934 – 2024
Maggie Gyllenhaal
American actress and director.
born 1977
Maggie Rogers
American singer-songwriter.
born 1994
In fiction
Maggie Simpson
Baby of the family in The Simpsons.
1989 onward
Maggie Tulliver
Heroine of George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss.
1860 novel

Names connected to Maggie.

The number behind Maggie.

6

The Nurturer

Maggie reduces to six — the number of warm everyday love.

Why families chose this name.

"Margaret felt too formal. Maggie was the version we said every day in our heads."
Catherine · Mother of one · Boston