Girls' name · since 1880
Margarita
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 40,219 babies named Margarita, peaking in 1957. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,880 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40,219
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Margarita currently ranks #1880 among girls' names in America, with 40,219 babies recorded since 1880.
Margarita has 40,219 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1880 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- 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.
- #686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,880 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40,219 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Margarita ranks #686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,880 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40,219 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,880 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40,219
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Margarita's 40,219 recorded births place it above 99.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Margarita compares
40,219 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Margarita's all-time total is 107x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Margarita | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40,219 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 594 | 21 | 19,840 |
Margarita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Margarita's full recorded timeline at 1953, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 594 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Margarita popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1957)
- 594
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Margarita popularity over time - boys
199 total births recorded since 1918 (Margarita as boys' name)
Margarita by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (5,452 births, 14% of the file).
1950s was Margarita's strongest decade.
5,452 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Margarita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 84
1880s
84 births
- 1890s 228
1890s
228 births
- 1900s 431
1900s
431 births
- 1910s 1,208
1910s
1,208 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,873 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,582 births
- 1940s
1940s
3,346 births
- 1950s
1950s
5,452 births
- 1960s
1960s
5,310 births
- 1970s
1970s
4,758 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,301 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,818 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,848 births
- 2010s 1,356
2010s
1,356 births
- 2020s 624
2020s
624 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5,452 births (14% of all-time use).
How Margarita 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 Margarita's total volume
Margarita by state
Where Margarita concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 13,543 | 33.7% |
| #2 | California | | 9,948 | 24.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,752 | 9.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,651 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 1,511 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 948 | 2.4% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 897 | 2.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 721 | 1.8% |
13,543 of 40,219 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Margarita appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Margarita's data
- Margarita's decade-level peak was the 1950s (5,452 total births); usage has since declined to 624 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Margaritas (13,543 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Margarita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
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 Margarita 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.