Girls' name · since 1880
Margarett
Margarett has 4,933 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,933
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margarett currently ranks #11953 among girls' names in America, with 4,933 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margarett has been recorded 4,933 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #11953 nationally and more common than 31% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,605 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,953 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,933 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margarett ranks #2,605 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,953 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,933 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #2,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,933
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margarett's 4,933 recorded births place it above 96.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Margarett compares
4,933 Top 14% higher than 86% of 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
Margarett's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Margarett | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,933 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 117 | 21 | 19,840 |
Margarett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Margarett's SSA record in two at 1946 and the more recent half accounts for 33% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 67%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 117, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Margarett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 117
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Margarett by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,072 births, 22% of the file).
1920s was Margarett's strongest decade.
1,072 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Margarett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 58
1880s
58 births
- 1890s 86
1890s
86 births
- 1900s 146
1900s
146 births
- 1910s
1910s
542 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,072 births
- 1930s
1930s
835 births
- 1940s
1940s
960 births
- 1950s
1950s
591 births
- 1960s 273
1960s
273 births
- 1970s 146
1970s
146 births
- 1980s 83
1980s
83 births
- 1990s 46
1990s
46 births
- 2000s 47
2000s
47 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,072 births (22% of all-time use).
How Margarett compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Margarett's total volume
Margarett by state
Where Margarett concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 443 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 253 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 233 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 218 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 208 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 172 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 154 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 119 | 2.4% |
443 of 4,933 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Margarett appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Margarett's data
- Margarett's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,072 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Margaretts (443 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Margarett: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Margarett 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.