Margaretha

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764

Peak · girls
1887 · 15 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
477
since 1884

Margaretha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Margaretha has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #586, 1887girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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2011#16,7645
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2004#16,0995
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1963#5,8916
1962
1961#4,5469
1960#5,6966
1959#5,5666
1958
1957#5,3776
1956
1955#4,7407
1954
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1950#5,3015
1949#3,8928
1948
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1944#4,5745
1943
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1940#4,3495
1939#4,2505
1938
1937
1936#4,1815
1935#4,2045
1934
1933#4,2185
1932#3,0479
1931
1930#4,5505
1929#3,6827
1928#3,7437
1927
1926#3,5648
1925#2,37815
1924#3,6658
1923#4,3766
1922#4,4456
1921#3,6668
1920#2,46314
1919#3,00510
1918#2,82211
1917#2,20415
1916#2,49812
1915#2,05015
1914#2,00912
1913#2,03410
1912#1,35216
1911#1,9567
1910
1909#1,15213
1908
1907#2,0615
1906#1,7276
1905
1904#1,00113
1903
1902#1,2199
1901#1,4666
1900#1,3199
1899#93512
1898#1,7005
1897#1,2637
1896#1,1229
1895
1894#90512
1893#1,4375
1892#1,2786
1891#1,0937
1890#87210
1889#83910
1888#1,1366
1887#58615
1886#8288
1885#1,0475
1884#1,0245
1883
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1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Margaretha! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Margaretha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
  • Biggest jump: 765 spots in 1899 (#1,700#935)
  • Biggest drop: 550 spots in 1888 (#586#1,136)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1887 at #586 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1886–1887
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,732
  • Highest: 1 in 9,732 girls born in 1887 were named Margaretha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.6% of all girls named Margaretha (108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s49#586 (1887)#910
1890s73#872 (1890)#1,178
1900s61#1,001 (1904)#1,421
1910s108#1,352 (1912)#2,214
1920s79#2,378 (1925)#3,554
1930s34#3,047 (1932)#4,075
1940s18#3,892 (1949)#4,272
1950s24#4,740 (1955)#5,246
1960s21#4,546 (1961)#5,378
1970s0
1980s0
1990s0
2000s5#16,099 (2004)#16,099
2010s5#16,764 (2011)#16,764

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.

Margaretha in 1890

girls
#872
10 births · 1 in 19,038 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #872Margaretha10
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 19,038 of them was named Margaretha, which outranked 43.2% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Margaretha
  1. #825Verena11
  2. #825Verona11
  3. #825Zelia11
  4. #872Margaretha10
  5. #872Alene10
  6. #872Amber10
  7. #872Arlie10
  8. #940Abigail9
  9. #940Aida9
  10. #940Albertha9

Tied with 67 names at #872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890