Margaret
Rank in 2025
#112
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,436
girls 2,436
Peak year
1916
24,953 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,268,519
since 1880
Born a Margaret? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Margaret was most popular in 1916, when 24,953 babies recorded as girls got the name (23.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,436 babies were named Margaret, ranking #112 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,436 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 2,316 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 2,085 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 2,199 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 2,245 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 2,196 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 2,214 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 2,334 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 2,255 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 2,217 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 2,110 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,951 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,774 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,780 | 176 | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | 1,699 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,702 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,768 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,865 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 2,029 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 2,188 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 2,312 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 2,436 | 133 | 7 | 8927 |
| 2003 | 2,625 | 128 | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | 2,678 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 2,896 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 3,122 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 2,958 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 2,962 | 114 | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | 2,967 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 3,103 | 105 | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | 3,221 | 104 | 11 | 5124 |
| 1994 | 3,105 | 106 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 3,167 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 3,244 | 102 | 8 | 6128 |
| 1991 | 3,195 | 108 | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | 3,372 | 102 | 17 | 3467 |
| 1989 | 3,285 | 97 | 34 | 2068 |
| 1988 | 3,139 | 93 | 14 | 3523 |
| 1987 | 3,146 | 90 | 11 | 3959 |
| 1986 | 3,084 | 89 | 9 | 4457 |
| 1985 | 3,072 | 90 | 16 | 2942 |
| 1984 | 3,033 | 92 | 15 | 2956 |
| 1983 | 2,944 | 92 | 17 | 2676 |
| 1982 | 2,998 | 97 | 14 | 3108 |
| 1981 | 2,792 | 107 | 13 | 3221 |
| 1980 | 2,859 | 105 | 17 | 2729 |
| 1979 | 2,832 | 108 | 9 | 4068 |
| 1978 | 2,629 | 110 | 11 | 3400 |
| 1977 | 2,625 | 111 | 12 | 3203 |
| 1976 | 2,666 | 103 | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | 2,950 | 98 | 13 | 2902 |
| 1974 | 3,087 | 95 | 10 | 3318 |
| 1973 | 3,167 | 94 | 13 | 2716 |
| 1972 | 3,286 | 95 | 16 | 2323 |
| 1971 | 4,001 | 86 | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | 4,704 | 80 | 18 | 2125 |
| 1969 | 5,044 | 73 | 20 | 1861 |
| 1968 | 5,440 | 63 | 17 | 1962 |
| 1967 | 6,226 | 58 | 27 | 1476 |
| 1966 | 6,960 | 55 | 26 | 1510 |
| 1965 | 7,799 | 52 | 24 | 1595 |
| 1964 | 9,101 | 49 | 20 | 1793 |
| 1963 | 9,304 | 46 | 19 | 1839 |
| 1962 | 10,075 | 43 | 40 | 1230 |
| 1961 | 10,559 | 40 | 38 | 1279 |
| 1960 | 11,362 | 36 | 29 | 1486 |
| 1959 | 11,577 | 36 | 24 | 1620 |
| 1958 | 12,314 | 31 | 30 | 1420 |
| 1957 | 13,013 | 29 | 43 | 1185 |
| 1956 | 13,913 | 25 | 29 | 1443 |
| 1955 | 14,440 | 24 | 35 | 1273 |
| 1954 | 15,226 | 21 | 27 | 1466 |
| 1953 | 16,195 | 20 | 34 | 1280 |
| 1952 | 17,102 | 21 | 26 | 1485 |
| 1951 | 17,692 | 17 | 36 | 1218 |
| 1950 | 18,110 | 15 | 32 | 1272 |
| 1949 | 19,452 | 14 | 42 | 1085 |
| 1948 | 18,873 | 13 | 40 | 1127 |
| 1947 | 20,101 | 16 | 48 | 1036 |
| 1946 | 18,136 | 17 | 42 | 1060 |
| 1945 | 15,685 | 15 | 37 | 1056 |
| 1944 | 16,320 | 14 | 40 | 1038 |
| 1943 | 17,153 | 14 | 61 | 846 |
| 1942 | 16,549 | 14 | 64 | 806 |
| 1941 | 15,696 | 12 | 50 | 898 |
| 1940 | 15,063 | 11 | 66 | 758 |
| 1939 | 14,949 | 10 | 66 | 738 |
| 1938 | 15,330 | 9 | 65 | 757 |
| 1937 | 15,144 | 10 | 68 | 737 |
| 1936 | 14,596 | 9 | 81 | 644 |
| 1935 | 14,727 | 8 | 72 | 716 |
| 1934 | 15,144 | 8 | 64 | 771 |
| 1933 | 15,241 | 7 | 59 | 799 |
| 1932 | 16,556 | 7 | 88 | 644 |
| 1931 | 17,332 | 7 | 75 | 697 |
| 1930 | 18,350 | 5 | 70 | 765 |
| 1929 | 19,212 | 5 | 76 | 712 |
| 1928 | 20,295 | 5 | 87 | 676 |
| 1927 | 21,964 | 5 | 87 | 695 |
| 1926 | 23,072 | 5 | 91 | 660 |
| 1925 | 24,463 | 5 | 80 | 723 |
| 1924 | 26,547 | 5 | 88 | 696 |
| 1923 | 26,134 | 4 | 52 | 954 |
| 1922 | 26,862 | 4 | 34 | 1242 |
| 1921 | 28,468 | 4 | 53 | 962 |
| 1920 | 27,994 | 4 | 50 | 975 |
| 1919 | 26,238 | 4 | 58 | 867 |
| 1918 | 27,139 | 4 | 61 | 841 |
| 1917 | 25,560 | 4 | 58 | 839 |
| 1916 | 24,953 | 4 | 54 | 856 |
| 1915 | 23,054 | 4 | 53 | 846 |
| 1914 | 17,763 | 4 | 46 | 777 |
| 1913 | 14,486 | 4 | 38 | 759 |
| 1912 | 12,536 | 4 | 46 | 599 |
| 1911 | 9,279 | 3 | 28 | 577 |
| 1910 | 8,226 | 3 | 31 | 501 |
| 1909 | 7,358 | 3 | 30 | 462 |
| 1908 | 6,976 | 3 | 24 | 513 |
| 1907 | 6,713 | 3 | 33 | 388 |
| 1906 | 6,096 | 3 | 16 | 590 |
| 1905 | 5,690 | 3 | 13 | 666 |
| 1904 | 5,302 | 4 | 20 | 482 |
| 1903 | 5,045 | 4 | 23 | 411 |
| 1902 | 5,011 | 4 | 22 | 440 |
| 1901 | 4,424 | 4 | 21 | 407 |
| 1900 | 5,304 | 4 | 16 | 623 |
| 1899 | 4,249 | 4 | 13 | 548 |
| 1898 | 4,696 | 4 | 16 | 523 |
| 1897 | 4,146 | 4 | 9 | 725 |
| 1896 | 4,050 | 4 | 8 | 826 |
| 1895 | 3,931 | 4 | 9 | 738 |
| 1894 | 3,700 | 3 | 15 | 521 |
| 1893 | 3,565 | 4 | 14 | 509 |
| 1892 | 3,435 | 4 | 12 | 597 |
| 1891 | 3,065 | 3 | 12 | 524 |
| 1890 | 3,100 | 4 | 15 | 489 |
| 1889 | 2,917 | 4 | 13 | 525 |
| 1888 | 2,904 | 5 | 11 | 609 |
| 1887 | 2,419 | 5 | 13 | 488 |
| 1886 | 2,275 | 6 | 8 | 694 |
| 1885 | 2,204 | 5 | 11 | 577 |
| 1884 | 2,142 | 6 | 10 | 613 |
| 1883 | 1,881 | 6 | 13 | 497 |
| 1882 | 1,821 | 6 | 7 | 754 |
| 1881 | 1,658 | 5 | 9 | 595 |
| 1880 | 1,578 | 6 | <5 | — |
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Names like Margaret
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Margaret is most popular
- District of Columbia4.4×
- Vermont3.5×
- New Hampshire2.4×
- Maine2.2×
- South Carolina2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years