Margaretta
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,535since 1880
Margaretta over time
Rank among girls' names. Margaretta has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,697 | 32 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 |
| 1939 | #1,221 | 36 |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1927 | #1,423 | 32 |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 |
| 1925 | #1,160 | 44 |
| 1924 | #1,031 | 56 |
| 1923 | #992 | 57 |
| 1922 | #932 | 63 |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 |
| 1920 | #989 | 55 |
| 1919 | #1,121 | 43 |
| 1918 | #930 | 59 |
| 1917 | #904 | 58 |
| 1916 | #887 | 58 |
| 1915 | #756 | 76 |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 |
| 1913 | #782 | 45 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 |
| 1907 | #775 | 23 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Margaretta was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Margaretta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1903 (#1,133 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 417 spots in 1886 (#576 → #993)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #541 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1893–1901
- Highest: 1 in 8,601 girls born in 1884 were named Margaretta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- 18.7% of all girls named Margaretta (475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 97 | #541 (1884) | #715 |
| 1890s | 156 | #624 (1891) | #786 |
| 1900s | 179 | #734 (1903) | #895 |
| 1910s | 444 | #756 (1915) | #925 |
| 1920s | 475 | #932 (1922) | #1,129 |
| 1930s | 284 | #1,135 (1935) | #1,436 |
| 1940s | 319 | #1,251 (1943) | #1,521 |
| 1950s | 246 | #1,602 (1950) | #2,218 |
| 1960s | 158 | #2,464 (1965) | #3,424 |
| 1970s | 101 | #3,789 (1971) | #5,851 |
| 1980s | 57 | #4,978 (1980) | #7,967 |
| 1990s | 14 | #9,559 (1993) | #10,671 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,636 (2007) | #17,636 |
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.
Margaretta in 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
More about 1894
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222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 11,146 of them was named Margaretta, which outranked 61.0% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #643Rubye21
- #643Versie21
- #643Zada21
- #664Margaretta20
- #664Annetta20
- #664Berniece20
- #664Celestine20
- #682Adell19
- #682Arie19
- #682Arlene19
Tied with 17 names at #664; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.