Margarita
Margarita was given to 104 girls in 2025, #1,893 among girls’ names; 40,418 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 29,700 Americans named Margarita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 33 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Margarita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Margarita mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Margarita is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “Margaret” (Margarita).
Borrowed from the Latin and Spanish Margarita (“Margaret”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Margarita?
#1,893 among girls’ names, 2025
Margarita fell from #1,702 in 2015 to #1,893 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 70.0 to 64.7 per million.
600 babies in 1957, the peak
Margarita peaked in 1957, when 600 babies were given it (594 girls, #372 among girls’ names). The 104 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,893 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,815 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,788 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,826 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,040 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,092 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 110 | #1,848 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 107 | #1,884 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,712 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,633 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 125 | #1,702 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,632 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 145 | #1,521 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 144 | #1,536 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 165 | #1,388 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 169 | #1,375 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 209 | #1,202 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 229 | #1,129 | 0.12 |
| 2007 | 245 | #1,072 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 276 | #948 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 270 | #923 | 0.15 |
| 2004 | 259 | #931 | 0.14 |
| 2003 | 289 | #845 | 0.16 |
| 2002 | 333 | #733 | 0.19 |
| 2001 | 360 | #690 | 0.20 |
| 2000 | 378 | #654 | 0.21 |
| 1999 | 367 | #642 | 0.21 |
| 1998 | 394 | #610 | 0.22 |
| 1997 | 467 | #514 | 0.27 |
| 1996 | 465 | #511 | 0.27 |
| 1995 | 458 | #526 | 0.26 |
| 1994 | 511 | #487 | 0.29 |
| 1993 | 522 | #484 | 0.29 |
| 1992 | 533 | #463 | 0.29 |
| 1991 | 573 | #447 | 0.31 |
| 1990 | 528 | #463 | 0.28 |
| 1989 | 465 | #506 | 0.25 |
| 1988 | 394 | #553 | 0.22 |
| 1987 | 369 | #545 | 0.21 |
| 1986 | 439 | #489 | 0.26 |
| 1985 | 397 | #511 | 0.23 |
| 1984 | 399 | #497 | 0.24 |
| 1983 | 442 | #461 | 0.26 |
| 1982 | 461 | #460 | 0.27 |
| 1981 | 475 | #454 | 0.28 |
| 1980 | 460 | #465 | 0.28 |
| 1979 | 421 | #485 | 0.26 |
| 1978 | 449 | #444 | 0.29 |
| 1977 | 474 | #429 | 0.31 |
| 1976 | 503 | #402 | 0.34 |
| 1975 | 487 | #414 | 0.33 |
| 1974 | 488 | #411 | 0.33 |
| 1973 | 462 | #423 | 0.32 |
| 1972 | 456 | #424 | 0.30 |
| 1971 | 517 | #411 | 0.31 |
| 1970 | 501 | #439 | 0.29 |
| 1969 | 528 | #418 | 0.31 |
| 1968 | 537 | #402 | 0.33 |
| 1967 | 524 | #397 | 0.32 |
| 1966 | 566 | #382 | 0.33 |
| 1965 | 495 | #419 | 0.28 |
| 1964 | 551 | #415 | 0.29 |
| 1963 | 529 | #420 | 0.27 |
| 1962 | 538 | #421 | 0.27 |
| 1961 | 543 | #419 | 0.27 |
| 1960 | 499 | #436 | 0.25 |
| 1959 | 531 | #410 | 0.26 |
| 1958 | 574 | #384 | 0.29 |
| 1957 | 594 | #372 | 0.29 |
| 1956 | 522 | #392 | 0.26 |
| 1955 | 553 | #374 | 0.28 |
| 1954 | 568 | #364 | 0.29 |
| 1953 | 554 | #358 | 0.29 |
| 1952 | 520 | #361 | 0.28 |
| 1951 | 501 | #356 | 0.28 |
| 1950 | 535 | #334 | 0.31 |
| 1949 | 498 | #350 | 0.29 |
| 1948 | 460 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1947 | 376 | #419 | 0.21 |
| 1946 | 357 | #404 | 0.23 |
| 1945 | 292 | #417 | 0.22 |
| 1944 | 260 | #450 | 0.20 |
| 1943 | 302 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1942 | 280 | #434 | 0.21 |
| 1941 | 259 | #426 | 0.21 |
| 1940 | 262 | #423 | 0.23 |
| 1939 | 235 | #439 | 0.21 |
| 1938 | 252 | #423 | 0.23 |
| 1937 | 240 | #417 | 0.23 |
| 1936 | 254 | #401 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 261 | #400 | 0.25 |
| 1934 | 251 | #414 | 0.24 |
| 1933 | 214 | #439 | 0.21 |
| 1932 | 255 | #409 | 0.24 |
| 1931 | 302 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1930 | 318 | #384 | 0.28 |
| 1929 | 343 | #353 | 0.31 |
| 1928 | 316 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1927 | 306 | #394 | 0.26 |
| 1926 | 300 | #397 | 0.25 |
| 1925 | 279 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1924 | 275 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1923 | 280 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1922 | 246 | #424 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 274 | #408 | 0.22 |
| 1920 | 254 | #416 | 0.21 |
| 1919 | 190 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1918 | 179 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 153 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 138 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 130 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 103 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1913 | 100 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1912 | 85 | #528 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 70 | #494 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 60 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 56 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 50 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1907 | 49 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1906 | 53 | #469 | 0.18 |
| 1905 | 40 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 51 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 40 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 27 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 30 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 35 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 30 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 23 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 32 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 22 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 22 | #676 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 24 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 21 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 21 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 19 | #620 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 14 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 15 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 9 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 8 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 16 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1885 | 7 | #891 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 11 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 6 | #882 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 7 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 5 | #904 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Margarita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Margarita has been given almost only to girls: 199 boys in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Margarita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Margarita, and how old are they?
29,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 40,418 Americans ever recorded as Margarita. The median Margarita alive today is 49 years old; half are between 33 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 93,539 people named Margarita (93,287 women and girls, 252 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 31,077 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.0 times 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 | 1,430 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,670 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 7,340 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,280 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,490 |
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 Margarita born?
The states with the most babies named Margarita are Texas, California and New York, with 77% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 13,569 | #2,149 | 4.8× |
| California | 9,954 | #902 | 2.6× |
| New York | 3,752 | #2,290 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 1,651 | #1,545 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 1,511 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Florida | 948 | #1,637 | 0.8× |
| New Mexico | 897 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| New Jersey | 721 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 376 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Washington | 348 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Margarita is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Margarita is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.8 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 Margarita 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 51,951 babies since 1880, Margarita is the most given (78% of them). In 2025 it was given to 104 of their 111 babies (94%), again the most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margarita | 40,418 | 104 | 1957 |
| Margaretta | 2,535 | under 5 | 1915 |
| Margarete | 2,376 | 7 | 1918 |
| Margarite | 1,920 | under 5 | 1925 |
| Margurite | 1,745 | under 5 | 1923 |
| Marguerita | 1,308 | under 5 | 1961 |
| Margherita | 1,155 | under 5 | 1926 |
| Margareta | 494 | under 5 | 1927 |
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 Margarita
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 Margarita and names like it
- Compare Margarita and MargarettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMargarita peaked in 1957.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Margarita since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Margarita: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Margarita.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Margarita alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.