Girls' name · since 1880
Margaretta
2,535 babies named Margaretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,011 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,535
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margaretta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 2,535 recorded since 1880.
Margaretta has 2,535 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2007.
- #4,011 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,535 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margaretta ranks #4,011 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,535 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #4,011 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,535
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margaretta's 2,535 recorded births place it above 94.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
Margaretta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Margaretta splits its recorded history at 1935: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 76 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Margaretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2007
- Peak year (1915)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Margaretta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (475 births, 19% of the file).
1920s was Margaretta's strongest decade.
475 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Margaretta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 97
1880s
97 births
- 1890s 156
1890s
156 births
- 1900s 179
1900s
179 births
- 1910s
1910s
444 births
- 1920s
1920s
475 births
- 1930s
1930s
284 births
- 1940s
1940s
319 births
- 1950s
1950s
246 births
- 1960s 158
1960s
158 births
- 1970s 101
1970s
101 births
- 1980s 57
1980s
57 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 475 births (19% of all-time use).
How Margaretta 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 Margaretta's total volume
Margaretta by state
Where Margaretta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 572 | 22.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 53 | 2.1% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 32 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.2% |
572 of 2,535 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Margaretta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (475 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Margarettas (572 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Margaretta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~127 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, 1880–2007 (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 Margaretta 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.