Marguerite

#2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births · Last seen for boys in 1951 at #3,714
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1917 · 3,161 births
Debut · girls
48 births
In top 100 · girls
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
94,022
since 1880

Marguerite over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #78, 1917girls
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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#2,48571
2024#2,41375
2023#2,28880
2022#2,42575
2021#2,28680
2020#2,44171
2019#2,28579
2018#2,30279
2017#2,10891
2016#2,42676
2015#2,31880
2014#2,44274
2013#2,48472
2012#2,65467
2011#2,63867
2010#2,42777
2009#2,59271
2008#2,21889
2007#2,32882
2006#2,26784
2005#2,37974
2004#1,835103
2003#1,769106
2002#1,780101
2001#1,686107
2000#1,577112
1999#1,580106
1998#1,493114
1997#1,490110
1996#1,466112
1995#1,370120
1994#1,269134
1993#1,60395
1992#1,462108
1991#1,257134
1990#1,307124
1989#1,259125
1988#1,178129
1987#1,136130
1986#1,199117
1985#1,219113
1984#1,133121
1983#1,106123
1982#1,35791
1981#1,165114
1980#1,38090
1979#1,29497
1978#1,241100
1977#1,183104
1976#1,078113
1975#1,012119
1974#1,107105
1973#1,015115
1972#958127
1971#988127
1970#769187
1969#766175
1968#697194
1967#629228
1966#553292
1965#501361
1964#495389
1963#494385
1962#447461
1961#439507
1960#430518
1959#398555
1958#369610
1957#347680
1956#343654
1955#319721
1954#300789
1953#287832
1952#278841
1951#270848#3,7145
1950#250904
1949#254900
1948#247915
1947#256853
1946#251800
1945#254692
1944#236762
1943#231846
1942#236813
1941#224778#3,5055
1940#220757
1939#216768#3,4805
1938#209826
1937#205805
1936#207792
1935#207829
1934#188933#3,6795
1933#190895
1932#1821,000#3,7765
1931#1571,191
1930#1591,289#2,7819
1929#1551,361#2,58910
1928#1471,584
1927#1431,695#3,7806
1926#1371,869#3,7086
1925#1322,061#3,1558
1924#1252,249
1923#1152,357
1922#1062,657
1921#982,897
1920#933,055#4,2865
1919#962,836#3,7366
1918#863,249#4,1795
1917#783,161
1916#783,034#3,8975
1915#842,687
1914#842,050#3,2645
1913#781,822#2,8215
1912#791,620
1911#871,113
1910#841,086
1909#811,036
1908#88913
1907#87888#1,2006
1906#89791
1905#90753
1904#94684
1903#91667
1902#90695
1901#83699
1900#86786
1899#83693
1898#79800
1897#78728
1896#78725
1895#81680
1894#83624
1893#79638
1892#91535
1891#84511
1890#96442
1889#120315
1888#141235
1887#144178
1886#181125
1885#20886
1884#18495
1883#20970
1882#23952
1881#20852
1880#22348
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marguerite was already there! It came in at #223, and was given to 48 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 71 girls a year got the name.

See more about Marguerite
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#2,413#2,485)
  • 44 spots since 2020 (#2,441#2,485)
  • 167 spots since 2015 (#2,318#2,485)
  • Biggest jump: 37 spots in 1887 (#181#144)
  • Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1971 (#769#988)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1917 at #78 (3,161 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1890–1921
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 322
  • Highest: 1 in 322 girls born in 1897 were named Marguerite (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,638 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #78 in 1917, was only 1 in 342 (0.29%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 24.1% of all girls named Marguerite (22,658) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,256#120 (1889)#186
1890s6,376#78 (1897)#83
1900s7,912#81 (1909)#88
1910s22,658#78 (1917)#83
1920s21,785#93 (1920)#125
1930s9,328#157 (1931)#192
1940s8,116#220 (1940)#241
1950s7,434#250 (1950)#316
1960s3,510#430 (1960)#545
1970s1,194#769 (1970)#1,065
1980s1,153#1,106 (1983)#1,213
1990s1,157#1,257 (1991)#1,430
2000s929#1,577 (2000)#2,043
2010s762#2,108 (2017)#2,408
2020s452#2,286 (2021)#2,390

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.

Marguerite in 1898

girls
#79
800 births · 1 in 323 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #79Marguerite800
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 323 of them was named Marguerite, which outranked 96.0% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marguerite
  1. #76Evelyn836
  2. #77Sadie808
  3. #78Virginia801
  4. #79Marguerite800
  5. #80Lucille795
  6. #81Ellen786
  7. #82Beulah783
Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. 958Manila#1,263#305
  2. 889Ouida#1,555#666
  3. 858Ula#1,555#697
  4. 836Sofia#1,555#719
  5. 715Leonor#1,555#840
Fallers
  1. 833Vertie#867#1,700
  2. 821Fae#681#1,502
  3. 805Beda#895#1,700
  4. 805Nolia#895#1,700
  5. 769Azzie#931#1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898