Margarette
Margarette was given to 12 girls in 2025, #8,668 among girls’ names; 6,164 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,830 Americans named Margarette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 47 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Margarette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Margarette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Margarette is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Margarette?
#8,668 among girls’ names, 2025
Margarette rose from #10,606 in 2015 to #8,668 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 5.6 to 7.5 per million.
200 babies in 1921, the peak
Margarette peaked in 1921, when 200 girls were given it, #493 among girls’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,668 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,759 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,812 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,852 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,789 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,487 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,203 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,318 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,281 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,575 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #10,606 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,039 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,729 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,987 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #16,077 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,421 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,658 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,413 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,813 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,683 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,661 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,665 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,785 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,671 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,616 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,028 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,799 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,693 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,912 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,276 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,949 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,833 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,895 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,483 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,646 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,718 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,128 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,799 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,108 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,769 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,407 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,398 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,759 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,770 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,827 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,340 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,805 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,401 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,377 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 12 | #5,027 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,382 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,086 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,653 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,326 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,901 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,088 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,226 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,162 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,811 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,581 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,512 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,085 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,099 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,821 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,911 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,903 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,967 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,602 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,595 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 58 | #1,253 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 66 | #1,139 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 70 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 74 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 88 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 80 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 70 | #902 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 80 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 88 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 82 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 72 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 68 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 71 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 72 | #837 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 85 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 82 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 72 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 84 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 88 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 100 | #676 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 88 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 105 | #673 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 125 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 132 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 144 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 162 | #557 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 164 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 178 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 185 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 179 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1921 | 200 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1920 | 150 | #586 | 0.13 |
| 1919 | 181 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 165 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 136 | #584 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 140 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 132 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 111 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1913 | 77 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 60 | #644 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 55 | #581 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 40 | #677 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 49 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 37 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 30 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 29 | #686 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 21 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 25 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 20 | #781 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 14 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 23 | #677 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 29 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 17 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 19 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 16 | #830 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 14 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 14 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,231 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 10 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 17 | #660 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 14 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 9 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 9 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 12 | #684 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 7 | #890 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 11 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 5 | #907 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 9 | #615 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Margarette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Margarette has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 143 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Margarette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Margarette, and how old are they?
1,830 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 30% of the 6,164 Americans ever recorded as Margarette. The median Margarette alive today is 69 years old; half are between 47 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 2,884 people named Margarette (2,881 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,230 born in the U.S. The Census count is 29% 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 424 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 699 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 245 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 195 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 131 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 118 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 Margarette born?
The states with the most babies named Margarette are Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee and Kentucky are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 374 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Tennessee | 255 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Kentucky | 219 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Alabama | 192 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 174 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 172 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 165 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Mississippi | 162 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Louisiana | 147 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Arkansas | 111 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Margarette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Margarette is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 Margarette 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 15,439 babies since 1880, Margarette is the most given (40% of them).
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margarette | 6,164 | 12 | 1921 |
| Margaretta | 2,535 | under 5 | 1915 |
| Margarete | 2,376 | 7 | 1918 |
| Margarite | 1,920 | under 5 | 1925 |
| 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 Margarette
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 Margarette and names like it
- Compare Margarette and MargarettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMargarette peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Margarette since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Margarette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Margarette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Margarette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.