Margaretta
Margaretta was last recorded in 2007, when 5 babies were given it; 2,535 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2007 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Margaretta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Margaretta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Margaretta is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.”
Rare Latinization of Margaret. Compare Margareta.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Margaretta?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #19,441, in 2007; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
76 babies in 1915, the peak
Margaretta peaked in 1915, when 76 girls were given it, #760 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | #19,441 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,735 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,181 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,209 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,755 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,845 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,747 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,239 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,668 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,131 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 6 | #9,681 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,804 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,052 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #5,073 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,878 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,607 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,852 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,748 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,878 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,975 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,614 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,457 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,199 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,999 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,507 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,974 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 18 | #3,032 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,374 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,137 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 17 | #3,054 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,559 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,720 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,534 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,894 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,897 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,486 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,811 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,874 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,166 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,888 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,708 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,609 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,329 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,264 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,619 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,672 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,633 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,945 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,451 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,385 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,442 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 49 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 56 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 57 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 63 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 55 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 59 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 58 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 58 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 76 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 37 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 45 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 24 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 21 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 26 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 22 | #845 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 23 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 15 | #991 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 21 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,150 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 21 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,186 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 13 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 17 | #934 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 12 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 16 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 15 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 16 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 16 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 20 | #676 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 18 | #703 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 18 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 16 | #685 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 18 | #612 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 16 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 8 | #913 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1885 | 14 | #597 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 15 | #553 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 6 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 9 | #610 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 5 | #903 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Margaretta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Margaretta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 109 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Margaretta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Margaretta, and how old are they?
An estimated 751 Americans named Margaretta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 59 and 80. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,108 people named Margaretta (1,106 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 914 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Margaretta born?
The states with the most babies named Margaretta are Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, with 95% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 572 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| New York | 53 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 32 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Virginia | 12 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| North Carolina | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Margaretta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Margaretta is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 3.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Margaretta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 53,937 babies since 1880, Margaretta is the third most given (4.7% of them). In 2025 none of their 123 babies recorded by SSA was a Margaretta (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margarita | 40,418 | 104 | 1957 |
| Margarette | 6,164 | 12 | 1921 |
| Margaretta | 2,535 | under 5 | 1915 |
| Margarete | 2,376 | 7 | 1918 |
| Margrette | 850 | under 5 | 1923 |
| Margretta | 837 | under 5 | 1921 |
| Margareta | 494 | under 5 | 1927 |
| Margurette | 263 | under 5 | 1920 |
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Margaretta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Margaretta and names like it
- Compare Margaretta and MargaritaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMargaretta peaked in 1915.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Margaretta since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Margaretta: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Margaretta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Margaretta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.