Marguerita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marguerita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,308 babies named Marguerita between 1891 and 1994, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marguerita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marguerita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marguerita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Marguerita in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marguerita 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 1,308 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.