Marguerite
Marguerite was given to 71 girls in 2025, #2,505 among girls’ names; 94,123 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 21,200 Americans named Marguerite and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (23% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 55 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marguerite by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marguerite mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marguerite is “a female given name from French.”
Borrowed from French Marguerite in the 1860s. Doublet of Margaret, ultimately from the Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).
/ˌmɑː(ɹ)ɡəˈɹiːt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marguerite?
#2,505 among girls’ names, 2025
Marguerite fell from #2,335 in 2015 to #2,505 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 44.8 to 44.2 per million.
3,254 babies in 1918, the peak
Marguerite peaked in 1918, when 3,254 babies were given it (3,249 girls, #86 among girls’ names). The 71 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #2,505 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,427 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,303 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,441 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,302 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,461 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,299 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,320 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,124 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 76 | #2,440 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 80 | #2,335 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,459 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,501 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,673 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,656 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,446 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 71 | #2,609 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,225 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 82 | #2,344 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 84 | #2,282 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,394 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,848 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,781 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,786 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 107 | #1,692 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 112 | #1,582 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,589 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 114 | #1,498 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 110 | #1,492 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,471 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 120 | #1,372 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 134 | #1,273 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 95 | #1,603 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 108 | #1,464 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 134 | #1,255 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 124 | #1,308 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 125 | #1,260 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 129 | #1,178 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 130 | #1,140 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 117 | #1,201 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 113 | #1,222 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 121 | #1,135 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 123 | #1,109 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 91 | #1,361 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 114 | #1,169 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 90 | #1,386 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 97 | #1,299 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 100 | #1,245 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 104 | #1,189 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 113 | #1,083 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 119 | #1,017 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 105 | #1,111 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 115 | #1,020 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 127 | #961 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 127 | #990 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 187 | #769 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 175 | #769 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 194 | #698 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 228 | #631 | 0.14 |
| 1966 | 292 | #554 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 361 | #501 | 0.20 |
| 1964 | 389 | #495 | 0.21 |
| 1963 | 385 | #495 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 461 | #447 | 0.23 |
| 1961 | 507 | #439 | 0.25 |
| 1960 | 518 | #430 | 0.26 |
| 1959 | 555 | #398 | 0.27 |
| 1958 | 610 | #369 | 0.30 |
| 1957 | 680 | #347 | 0.33 |
| 1956 | 654 | #343 | 0.33 |
| 1955 | 721 | #319 | 0.37 |
| 1954 | 789 | #300 | 0.41 |
| 1953 | 832 | #287 | 0.44 |
| 1952 | 841 | #278 | 0.45 |
| 1951 | 848 | #270 | 0.47 |
| 1950 | 904 | #250 | 0.53 |
| 1949 | 900 | #254 | 0.53 |
| 1948 | 915 | #247 | 0.54 |
| 1947 | 853 | #258 | 0.48 |
| 1946 | 800 | #252 | 0.51 |
| 1945 | 692 | #254 | 0.53 |
| 1944 | 762 | #236 | 0.57 |
| 1943 | 846 | #231 | 0.61 |
| 1942 | 813 | #236 | 0.60 |
| 1941 | 778 | #224 | 0.64 |
| 1940 | 757 | #220 | 0.66 |
| 1939 | 768 | #216 | 0.70 |
| 1938 | 826 | #209 | 0.75 |
| 1937 | 805 | #205 | 0.76 |
| 1936 | 792 | #209 | 0.76 |
| 1935 | 829 | #207 | 0.79 |
| 1934 | 933 | #188 | 0.89 |
| 1933 | 895 | #190 | 0.89 |
| 1932 | 1,000 | #182 | 0.94 |
| 1931 | 1,191 | #157 | 1.1 |
| 1930 | 1,289 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1929 | 1,361 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1928 | 1,584 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 1927 | 1,695 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1926 | 1,869 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 1925 | 2,061 | #132 | 1.7 |
| 1924 | 2,249 | #125 | 1.8 |
| 1923 | 2,357 | #115 | 2.0 |
| 1922 | 2,657 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1921 | 2,897 | #98 | 2.3 |
| 1920 | 3,055 | #93 | 2.5 |
| 1919 | 2,836 | #96 | 2.5 |
| 1918 | 3,249 | #86 | 2.8 |
| 1917 | 3,161 | #78 | 2.9 |
| 1916 | 3,034 | #78 | 2.9 |
| 1915 | 2,687 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1914 | 2,050 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1913 | 1,822 | #78 | 2.9 |
| 1912 | 1,620 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1911 | 1,113 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1910 | 1,086 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1909 | 1,036 | #81 | 3.0 |
| 1908 | 913 | #88 | 2.7 |
| 1907 | 888 | #87 | 2.8 |
| 1906 | 791 | #89 | 2.7 |
| 1905 | 753 | #90 | 2.6 |
| 1904 | 684 | #94 | 2.5 |
| 1903 | 667 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1902 | 695 | #90 | 2.6 |
| 1901 | 699 | #83 | 2.9 |
| 1900 | 786 | #86 | 2.6 |
| 1899 | 693 | #83 | 3.0 |
| 1898 | 800 | #79 | 3.1 |
| 1897 | 728 | #78 | 3.1 |
| 1896 | 725 | #78 | 3.0 |
| 1895 | 680 | #81 | 2.9 |
| 1894 | 624 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1893 | 638 | #79 | 3.0 |
| 1892 | 535 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1891 | 511 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1890 | 442 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1889 | 315 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1888 | 235 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 1887 | 178 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 1886 | 125 | #181 | 0.86 |
| 1885 | 86 | #211 | 0.65 |
| 1884 | 95 | #184 | 0.74 |
| 1883 | 70 | #209 | 0.62 |
| 1882 | 52 | #239 | 0.48 |
| 1881 | 52 | #212 | 0.57 |
| 1880 | 48 | #224 | 0.53 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marguerite a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marguerite has been given almost only to girls: 101 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Marguerite: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marguerite, and how old are they?
21,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 23% of the 94,123 Americans ever recorded as Marguerite. The median Marguerite alive today is 71 years old; half are between 55 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 27,427 people named Marguerite (27,407 women and girls, 20 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 26,140 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,410 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 9,970 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,330 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,840 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,450 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 997 |
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 Marguerite born?
The states with the most babies named Marguerite are New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 8,832 | #1,977 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 6,484 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 4,937 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Illinois | 4,509 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 3,776 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 3,635 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 3,488 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 2,642 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 2,521 | #2,556 | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 2,352 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Marguerite is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marguerite is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 2.0 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 Marguerite 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 101,828 babies since 1880, Marguerite is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 71 of their 71 babies (100%), again the most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marguerite | 94,123 | 71 | 1918 |
| Margarite | 1,920 | under 5 | 1925 |
| Margurite | 1,745 | under 5 | 1923 |
| Marguerita | 1,308 | under 5 | 1961 |
| Margueritte | 1,221 | under 5 | 1919 |
| Margherita | 1,155 | under 5 | 1926 |
| Marguarite | 224 | under 5 | 1922 |
| Marguerette | 132 | under 5 | 1916 |
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 Marguerite
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 Marguerite and names like it
- Compare Marguerite and MargariteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMarguerite peaked in 1918.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marguerite since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Marguerite: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Marguerite.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Marguerite alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.