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In 2024, 2,303 girls in the United States were named Margaret, making it the 119th most popular girl's name that year.
It has climbed sharply, from 169th a decade earlier.
Its busiest year on record was 1921, with 28,521 births.
Records for Margaret go back to 1880, and 1,266,052 babies have been given the name since.
A Greek name meaning "pearl". Its classic dignity and wealth of nickname options offer both formality and sweetness.
Margaret is of Greek origin, described as classic in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 2,303 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
A Greek name meaning "pearl". Its classic dignity and wealth of nickname options offer both formality and sweetness.
Margaret is of Greek origin, and is usually described as classic in style.
In 2024, 2,303 girls in the United States were named Margaret, making it the 119th most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 2,303 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Mary, Marie, Mari are shorter names in current US use that share the opening of Margaret.