Argie
Feminine
Argie is given to both — 979 girls and 146 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
An argosy is not related to the Argo. The word for a large merchant ship comes from Ragusa, the old name of Dubrovnik, whose ships were famous enough in Tudor England that the town's name became the word — and the resemblance to the ship Jason sailed is a coincidence that has fooled readers for four hundred years.
How old is the name Argie?
Argie first appears in US birth records in 1883 — 142 years ago. The typical Argie alive today was born around 1930, making them about 95 years old. About 300 people named Argie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Argie most popular?
Argie peaked in 1883, reaching #920 nationally. See the whole 1883 chart.
Where it comes from
From the Dalmatian city of Ragusa and its merchant fleet to Argie
Our story of Argie
Word histories that look obvious are the ones to check. Argosy plainly comes from Argo, until you look at the sixteenth-century spellings — ragusye, arguze, ragosie — and watch the town's name being worn into an English word in front of you. The same thing happens with names: the etymology that leaps out is frequently a later reader's tidying-up, and the real one is duller, more local and impossible to guess. A name with no obvious origin at all, like this one, is at least honest about it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source has been established for the name. It appears in American records in the 1880s for daughters and sons alike, which usually indicates a familiar form rather than a formal name, and the candidates — a surname, a place, a shortening of something longer — cannot be separated. The Greek ship and the Dalmatian city are both irrelevant and both get offered.
How the name formed
- the Dalmatian city of Ragusa and its merchant fleet
- English turns the town's name into the word argosy
- the resemblance to the Argo confuses readers permanently
- Argie appears in American records in the 1880s
- used for daughters and sons alike
Related forms: Argia
Pronouncing Argie
AR-jee
Two syllables, stress at the front, with a soft g. Some families use a hard g, AR-ghee, which the spelling permits.
Nicknames for Argie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1883
- Most girls named
- 191933 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #920reached in 1883
- Change vs 1966
- −18.2%9 in 1970, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Argie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Argia in English — spelling variant
Argies among us
people named Argie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Argie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, unusual and read correctly once the g is settled.
- It works for a child of either sex, and the record carries it on both sides.
- It is genuinely unrepeated.
- The g is read two ways and she will hear both.
- There is no meaning and no established origin.
- It belongs to the oldest layer of the American record.
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Frequently asked
- How many Argies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Argie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Argie in 2025?
- Argie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Argie with classmates?
- Argie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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