Girls' name · since 1891
Marguerita
1,308 babies named Marguerita in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,308
- born since 1891
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marguerita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,308 recorded since 1891.
Marguerita has 1,308 recorded births among girls since 1891, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1891 to 1994.
- #6,257 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,308 born since 1891
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marguerita ranks #6,257 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,308 born since 1891, peaking in the 1950s.
- #6,257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,308
- born since 1891
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marguerita's 1,308 recorded births place it above 91.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Marguerita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marguerita's full recorded timeline at 1944, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1891, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marguerita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1891–1994
- Peak year (1961)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Marguerita by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (228 births, 17% of the file).
1950s was Marguerita's strongest decade.
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Marguerita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 40
1890s
40 births
- 1900s 30
1900s
30 births
- 1910s
1910s
148 births
- 1920s
1920s
197 births
- 1930s
1930s
124 births
- 1940s
1940s
137 births
- 1950s
1950s
228 births
- 1960s
1960s
215 births
- 1970s
1970s
115 births
- 1980s 51
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 228 births (17% of all-time use).
How Marguerita 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 Marguerita's total volume
Marguerita by state
Where Marguerita concentrates geographically, total births since 1891
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 55 | 4.2% |
| #2 | California | | 30 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
55 of 1,308 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Marguerita's data
- Marguerita's decade-level peak was the 1950s (228 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Margueritas (55 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Marguerita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1891–1994 (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 Marguerita 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.