How Many People Are Named Margaret Miller?

There are approximately 1,605 people named Margaret Miller living in the United States today. That makes this name combination common, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 213,554 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Margaret with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Miller. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1,605

1 in 213,554 Americans

Combination Rarity

Common

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Margaret

Last Name

Miller

Est. Bearers 1,294,867

Census Rank #7

Per 100K 377.78

Rarity Very Common

Margaret: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Margaret. The peak year was 1921 with 28,521 births. The average person named Margaret today is 60 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Margaret

In the 2020 Census, the first name Margaret was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (86.03%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (6.42%) and Hispanic (4.05%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Margaret in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Margaret rose or fell over time.

White

86.03%

Black

6.42%

Hispanic

4.05%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1.36%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.42%

Two or More Races

1.72%

Ancestry of the Miller Surname

The surname Miller was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Miller in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

81.47%

Black

10.46%

Hispanic

3.09%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.68%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.62%

Two or More Races

3.68%

How we calculated this

The first name "Margaret" has an estimated frequency of 0.124% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Miller" appears at a rate of 377.78 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Margaret are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1,605 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Margaret

Margaret Smith Margaret Johnson Margaret Williams Margaret Brown Margaret Jones Margaret Garcia Margaret Jackson

Other people with the surname Miller

Michael Miller James Miller John Miller David Miller Robert Miller William Miller Christopher Miller Joseph Miller

Margaret Miller: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Margaret Miller?

We estimate approximately 1,605 people named Margaret Miller are alive in the United States today. The first name Margaret is shared by 424,744 Americans, and the surname Miller is shared by 1,294,867.

How rare is the name Margaret Miller?

This name combination is classified as Common, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 213,554 Americans. The first name Margaret is common and the surname Miller is very common.

Is Margaret a male or female name?

Margaret is predominantly female, with 0.3% of bearers being male and 99.7% female. It peaked in popularity in 1921 and the average bearer today is 60 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Margaret?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Margaret was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (86.03%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (6.42%) and Hispanic (4.05%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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