Margarita

#1,880 for girls in 2025, 104 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1950 · 535 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
40,219
since 1880

Margarita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Margarita has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #334, 1950girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,880104
2024#1,810111
2023#1,780114
2022#1,818112
2021#2,02495
2020#2,07888
2019#1,844110
2018#1,878107
2017#1,703125
2016#1,628134
2015#1,695125
2014#1,624132
2013#1,514145
2012#1,530144
2011#1,382165
2010#1,372169
2009#1,198209
2008#1,126229
2007#1,069245
2006#946276
2005#920270
2004#930259
2003#843289
2002#731333
2001#690360
2000#653378
1999#642367
1998#610394
1997#514467
1996#511465
1995#526458
1994#487511
1993#483522#7,6386
1992#462533
1991#447573#8,2365
1990#464528#4,40712
1989#506465
1988#553394#5,2008
1987#544369
1986#489439
1985#511397
1984#497399#4,9737
1983#461442#4,1419
1982#460461#6,3855
1981#454475#6,2625
1980#460460
1979#485421
1978#443449#4,5547
1977#427474#5,8455
1976#402503#5,5875
1975#413487
1974#411488#4,1907
1973#423462#4,5056
1972#422456#4,9865
1971#411517
1970#439501#4,2306
1969#416528
1968#402537
1967#397524#2,7609
1966#382566
1965#419495
1964#414551
1963#420529
1962#421538
1961#418543
1960#436499
1959#410531
1958#384574
1957#372594#3,5526
1956#393522
1955#375553
1954#364568#3,1767
1953#359554
1952#362520#3,7345
1951#357501
1950#334535
1949#349498
1948#368460
1947#418376
1946#404357#3,5255
1945#417292
1944#450260
1943#422302#3,5385
1942#433280
1941#426259
1940#423262
1939#438235
1938#423252
1937#417240#3,5185
1936#398254#2,4529
1935#400261
1934#414251
1933#439214#3,6425
1932#409255
1931#369302
1930#383318
1929#352343#3,5596
1928#380316#2,52211
1927#393306#3,7806
1926#397300#3,7086
1925#414279#3,7416
1924#421275
1923#400280
1922#424246
1921#408274
1920#416254#4,2865
1919#485190
1918#513179#4,1795
1917#542153
1916#569138
1915#564130
1914#550103
1913#510100
1912#52585
1911#49370
1910#52860
1909#50056
1908#51150
1907#51149
1906#46553
1905#54740
1904#45651
1903#50440
1902#64227
1901#55930
1900#58935
1899#55030
1898#67923
1897#52132
1896#67022
1895#65822
1894#59724
1893#63021
1892#61621
1891#60819
1890#72714
1889#65715
1888#8949
1887#8608
1886#55616
1885#8427
1884#64011
1883#8176
1882
1881#6797
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Margarita was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Margarita
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 70 spots since 2024 (#1,810#1,880)
  • 198 spots since 2020 (#2,078#1,880)
  • 185 spots since 2015 (#1,695#1,880)
  • Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1886 (#842#556)
  • Biggest drop: 304 spots in 1887 (#556#860)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1950 at #334 (535 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 54 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 126 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1883–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,913
  • Highest: 1 in 2,913 girls born in 1976 were named Margarita (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,454 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #334 in 1950, was only 1 in 3,202 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 13.6% of all girls named Margarita (5,452) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s84#556 (1886)#753
1890s228#521 (1897)#626
1900s431#456 (1904)#528
1910s1,208#485 (1919)#528
1920s2,873#352 (1929)#401
1930s2,582#369 (1931)#409
1940s3,346#349 (1949)#411
1950s5,452#334 (1950)#371
1960s5,310#382 (1966)#413
1970s4,758#402 (1976)#428
1980s4,301#454 (1981)#494
1990s4,818#447 (1991)#515
2000s2,848#653 (2000)#911
2010s1,356#1,372 (2010)#1,617
2020s624#1,780 (2023)#1,898

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.

Margarita in 1951

girls
#357
501 births · 1 in 3,595 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #357Margarita501
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 3,595 of them was named Margarita, which outranked 94.3% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Margarita
  1. #354Flora507
  2. #355Rosalind505
  3. #356April503
  4. #357Margarita501
  5. #358Claudette500
  6. #359Bette495
  7. #360Helene494
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

See the top 100 for 1951