Girls' name · since 1918
Marigold
Marigold has 2,978 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,615 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #590 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,978
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Marigold currently ranks #590 among girls' names in America, with 2,978 babies recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marigold has been recorded 2,978 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #590 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #3,615 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #590 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,978 born since 1918
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marigold ranks #3,615 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #590 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,978 born since 1918, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,615 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #590 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,978
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Marigold's 2,978 recorded births place it above 95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marigold compares
2,978 Top 18% higher than 82% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marigold's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marigold | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,978 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 498 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marigold's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marigold's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 96% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 4%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 498, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marigold popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 498
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Marigold by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,121 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Marigold's strongest decade.
2,121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Marigold births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 34
1920s
34 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 49
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 727
2010s
727 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,121 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,121 births (71% of all-time use).
How Marigold 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 Marigold's total volume
Marigold by state
Where Marigold concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 318 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 189 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Washington | | 104 | 3.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 102 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 100 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 97 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 93 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 77 | 2.6% |
318 of 2,978 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Marigold appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Marigolds (318 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marigold: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Marigold 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.