Margarete
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,376since 1884
Margarete over time
Rank among girls' names. Margarete has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,467 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,041 | 50 |
| 1929 | #1,174 | 40 |
| 1928 | #1,061 | 50 |
| 1927 | #1,097 | 48 |
| 1926 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 |
| 1924 | #1,017 | 57 |
| 1923 | #1,084 | 49 |
| 1922 | #906 | 65 |
| 1921 | #1,057 | 51 |
| 1920 | #949 | 59 |
| 1919 | #909 | 60 |
| 1918 | #832 | 74 |
| 1917 | #896 | 59 |
| 1916 | #928 | 54 |
| 1915 | #820 | 64 |
| 1914 | #988 | 36 |
| 1913 | #810 | 42 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 |
| 1911 | #958 | 21 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 |
| 1903 | #760 | 20 |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Margarete! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Margarete is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#557 · 1 in 13,425
- Illinois#558 · 1 in 9,654
Best ever in a state: #323 in Wisconsin, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #557 | 7 | 1 in 13,425 |
| Illinois | #558 | 6 | 1 in 9,654 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Margarete
- 810 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #11,932)
- 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 765 spots in 1899 (#1,700 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 420 spots in 1897 (#843 → #1,263)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1888 at #753 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1913–1920
- Highest: 1 in 13,099 girls born in 1903 were named Margarete (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #753 in 1888, was only 1 in 14,885 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.7% of all girls named Margarete (515) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 43 | #753 (1888) | #951 |
| 1890s | 82 | #843 (1896) | #1,120 |
| 1900s | 132 | #760 (1903) | #1,091 |
| 1910s | 448 | #810 (1913) | #939 |
| 1920s | 515 | #906 (1922) | #1,053 |
| 1930s | 306 | #1,041 (1930) | #1,373 |
| 1940s | 210 | #1,404 (1940) | #2,005 |
| 1950s | 213 | #2,016 (1951) | #2,353 |
| 1960s | 147 | #2,752 (1964) | #3,614 |
| 1970s | 53 | #4,761 (1970) | #7,067 |
| 1980s | 88 | #5,188 (1986) | #7,980 |
| 1990s | 66 | #8,122 (1994) | #10,486 |
| 2000s | 41 | #9,671 (2003) | #11,974 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,069 (2014) | #13,069 |
| 2020s | 25 | #11,122 (2024) | #13,362 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Margarete in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 19,340 of them was named Margarete, which outranked 82.0% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #915Rozella55
- #915Tennie55
- #915Venita55
- #928Margarete54
- #928Alida54
- #928Astrid54
- #928Eulah54
- #940Christeen53
- #940Coletta53
- #940Dorine53
Tied with 11 names at #928; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.