Margeret — girls' name

What the Data Says About Margeret

The Social Security Administration has registered 972 babies named Margeret between 1880 and 2003, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Margeret currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Margeret performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Margeret shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Margeret in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Margeret 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 972 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.