Margot
Margot was given to 2,575 girls in 2025, #102 among girls’ names; 25,568 Americans have been recorded with it since 1894 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 22,800 Americans named Margot and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 7 years old and half are between 3 and 23.
Margot came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1966 and returned in 2013.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Margot by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Margot mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Margot is “a female given name from French.”
Borrowed from French Margot.
/ˈmɑɹ.ɡoʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Margot?
#102 among girls’ names, 2025
Margot rose from #593 in 2015 to #102 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.28 to 1.6 per 1,000.
2,575 babies in 2025, the peak
Margot peaked in 2025, when 2,575 girls were given it, #102 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 2,227 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,575 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 2,227 | #127 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 1,933 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 1,527 | #193 | 0.93 |
| 2021 | 1,530 | #194 | 0.93 |
| 2020 | 1,269 | #234 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 1,065 | #305 | 0.63 |
| 2018 | 882 | #358 | 0.52 |
| 2017 | 860 | #363 | 0.50 |
| 2016 | 745 | #433 | 0.42 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 505 | #593 | 0.28 |
| 2014 | 377 | #743 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 268 | #944 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 237 | #1,062 | 0.13 |
| 2011 | 185 | #1,284 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,464 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 159 | #1,467 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 144 | #1,587 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,676 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,840 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 96 | #1,989 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,786 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,539 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,618 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,892 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,891 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,728 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 107 | #1,553 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,736 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,526 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 91 | #1,628 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,733 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,545 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,514 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 101 | #1,538 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 87 | #1,692 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,591 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,484 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 101 | #1,356 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 104 | #1,294 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 112 | #1,230 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 104 | #1,242 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,339 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 115 | #1,189 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,467 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 91 | #1,378 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,688 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,608 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,791 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,594 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,721 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,896 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,045 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,513 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,424 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 86 | #1,275 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 96 | #1,135 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 92 | #1,115 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 93 | #1,085 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 106 | #992 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 112 | #978 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 135 | #897 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 148 | #863 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 153 | #852 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 133 | #932 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 140 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 118 | #971 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 93 | #1,092 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 104 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 103 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 114 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 105 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 136 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 127 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 133 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 97 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 110 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 129 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 96 | #907 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 106 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 133 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 107 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 134 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 131 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 135 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 125 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 119 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 138 | #588 | 0.13 |
| 1937 | 126 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1936 | 130 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 113 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 124 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 107 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 88 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 67 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 98 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 71 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 53 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,244 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,251 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 55 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,231 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,199 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,139 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,330 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 36 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,436 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,471 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,786 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,201 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,523 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,740 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,625 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Margot a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Margot has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 127 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Margot: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Margot, and how old are they?
22,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 25,568 Americans ever recorded as Margot. The median Margot alive today is 7 years old; half are between 3 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 15,538 people named Margot (15,512 women and girls, 26 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 12,660 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% above 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 | 650 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,780 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,120 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,520 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 15,700 |
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 Margot born?
The states with the most babies named Margot are Texas, California and New York, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 247 | #129 | 0.8× |
| California | 222 | #135 | 0.9× |
| New York | 131 | #119 | 1.5× |
| Florida | 112 | #160 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 109 | #75 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 108 | #85 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 98 | #104 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 96 | #104 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 95 | #86 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 85 | #86 | 0.8× |
Where Margot is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Margot is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1910 it was given 1.5 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 Margot 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 54,023 babies since 1880, Margot is the second most given (47% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,575 of their 3,115 babies (83%), the most given that year.
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 Margot
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 Margot and names like it
- Compare Margot and MargoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMargot peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Margot since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Margot: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Margot.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Margot alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.