Girls' name · since 1985
Margalit
178 babies named Margalit in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,029 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,346 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Margalit is the #10346 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 178 recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margalit has been recorded 178 times among girls since 1985, currently ranked #10346 nationally and more common than 40% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #21,029 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,346 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 1985
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margalit ranks #21,029 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,346 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 178 born since 1985, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,029 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,346 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Margalit's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Margalit compares
178 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Margalit's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Margalit | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Margalit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Margalit's full recorded timeline at 2013, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Margalit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Margalit by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (63 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Margalit's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Margalit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 63 births (35% of all-time use).
Margalit by state
Where Margalit concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 178 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Margalits (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Margalit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Margalit draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.