Margarita — #1800 US girls' name
40,117 babies named Margarita in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
14% of everyone ever named Margarita was born in this single decade.
594 babies were named Margarita in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Margarita
The Social Security Administration has registered 40,117 babies named Margarita between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margarita currently holds the #1800 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 594 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Margarita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5,452 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Margarita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13,534 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Margarita in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Margarita 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 40,117 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.
Margarita at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Margarita popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1957)
- 594
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1800 among girls.
40,117 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 594 births in a single year.
Margarita popularity over time — boys
199 total births recorded since 1918 (Margarita as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Margarita accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Margarita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 5,452 births that decade — 14% of Margarita's all-time total
Margarita decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,452 births
- Runner-up 5,310 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Margarita's strongest decade
5,452 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Margarita by state
Where Margarita concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 13,534 | 33.7% |
| #2 | California | | 9,917 | 24.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,747 | 9.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,646 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 1,511 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 940 | 2.3% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 897 | 2.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 721 | 1.8% |
13,534 of 40,117 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 33.7% of nationwide
- California 24.7% of nationwide
- New York 9.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 34 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 33.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Margarita appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.