Margarette — #8409 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Margarette

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,152 babies named Margarette between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margarette currently holds the #8409 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 200 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Margarette performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,619 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Margarette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 374 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Margarette in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Margarette in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,152 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.