Margarit — girls' name
86 babies named Margarit in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Margarit was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Margarit in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Margarit
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Margarit between 1911 and 1989, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margarit currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Margarit performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Margarit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Margarit in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Margarit 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 86 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.
Margarit at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Margarit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1911
- Peak year (1923)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
86 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 12 births in a single year.
Margarit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 46 births that decade — 53% of Margarit's all-time total
Margarit decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Margarit's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Margarit by state
Where Margarit concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 5.8% |
5 of 86 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.