Marguerite — #2401 US girls' name
93,951 babies named Marguerite in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Marguerite was born in this single decade.
3,249 babies were named Marguerite in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marguerite
The Social Security Administration has registered 93,951 babies named Marguerite between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marguerite currently holds the #2401 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 3,249 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marguerite performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 22,658 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marguerite shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 8,826 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Marguerite in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marguerite 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 93,951 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.
Marguerite at a glance
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Marguerite popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 3,249
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #2401 among girls.
93,951 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 3,249 births in a single year.
Marguerite popularity over time — boys
101 total births recorded since 1907 (Marguerite as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marguerite accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marguerite by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 22,658 births that decade — 24% of Marguerite's all-time total
Marguerite decade highlights
- Peak decade 22,658 births
- Runner-up 21,785 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Marguerite's strongest decade
22,658 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Marguerite by state
Where Marguerite concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 8,826 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6,484 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 4,937 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 4,509 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 3,776 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 3,635 | 3.9% |
| #7 | California | | 3,488 | 3.7% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 2,642 | 2.8% |
8,826 of 93,951 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.9% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 5.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Marguerite appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.