Girls' name · since 1880
Margarette
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 6,164 babies named Margarette, peaking in 1921. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,369 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,164
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Margarette is the #8369 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,164 recorded since 1880.
Margarette has 6,164 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8369 as of the latest data, more common than 52% of girls, 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 2025.
- #2,253 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,369 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,164 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margarette ranks #2,253 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,369 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,164 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #2,253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,369 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,164
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Margarette's 6,164 recorded births place it above 96.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Margarette compares
6,164 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Margarette's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Margarette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,164 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 200 | 21 | 19,840 |
Margarette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Margarette splits its recorded history at 1953: 19% of all births land in the more recent half, 81% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1881 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 200 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Margarette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 200
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Margarette by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,619 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Margarette's strongest decade.
1,619 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Margarette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 76
1880s
76 births
- 1890s 134
1890s
134 births
- 1900s 277
1900s
277 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,097 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,619 births
- 1930s
1930s
847 births
- 1940s
1940s
772 births
- 1950s 457
1950s
457 births
- 1960s 269
1960s
269 births
- 1970s 157
1970s
157 births
- 1980s 132
1980s
132 births
- 1990s 110
1990s
110 births
- 2000s 77
2000s
77 births
- 2010s 82
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 58
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,619 births (26% of all-time use).
How Margarette 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 Margarette's total volume
Margarette by state
Where Margarette concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 374 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 255 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 219 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 192 | 3.1% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 174 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 172 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 165 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 162 | 2.6% |
374 of 6,164 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Margarette appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Margarette's data
- Margarette's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,619 total births); usage has since declined to 58 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Margarettes (374 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Margarette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
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 Margarette 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.