Margery
About Margery
An old royal name in England and Scotland that's also spelled Marjorie. Popular in the Middle Ages and Tudor period, it was revived at the end of the 19th century, peaked in 1921 and dropped off the list in 1958, enough time to be reconsidered as a Margaret alternative. The name Margery Daw is familiar via the seesaw nursery rhyme and Margery Williams wrote the children's classic The Velveteen Rabbit..
Pronounced MAR-juh-ree.
As of October 2026, Margery ranked #14304 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #280 in 1921.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Margery on lists
Famous Margerys
- (Clara) Margery Melita Sharp
English novelist
- Margery Louise Allingham
English novelist
- Margery Harriet Lawrence
English novelist
- Margery Mason
English actress and director
- Margery Winifred Williams
Anglo,American children's author
- Margery Williams Bianco
author of "The Velveteen Rabbit"
- Margery Fish
English gardener and author
- Margery Kempe
English mystic
Margery in pop culture
- "See Saw Margery Daw
" English nursery rhyme
- Margery Fenworthy
character in the "St. Clare's" book series by Enid Blyton
Variations & nicknames
- Marjoriespelling variation