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Girl · Name family

Margaret

1,999,429births recorded
25Countries
17Variants
1925Peak · British Columbia
#11Portugal 2023

Margaret is a girl name family recorded 1,999,429 times in 25 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Portugal (#11 in 2023). Its all-time peak was in British Columbia in 1925, at 3,166.6 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Marguerite (France), Margarita (Argentina, Kazakhstan), Małgorzata (Poland).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Margaret

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Margaret English 1,268,519 🇺🇸 United States #112 1907 ▲ 29 %
Margaret English 60,093 🇨🇦 Ontario #204 1920 ▼ 13 %
Margaret English 18,155 🇮🇪 Ireland #135 1964 ▲ 35 %
Margaret English 10,461 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 1952 –
Margaret English 9,410 🇨🇦 British Columbia #156 1925 ▲ 97 %
Margaret English 4,710 🇦🇺 South Australia – 1944 –
Marguerite French 271,560 🇫🇷 France #490 1901 ▲ 110 %
Marguerite French 94,123 🇺🇸 United States #2485 1897 ▶ 1 %
Marguerite French 3,914 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1920 –
Marguerite French 1,758 🇨🇦 Québec #49 2024 ▲ 118 %
Marguerite French 759 🇮🇪 Ireland – 1984 –
Marguerite French 489 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1927 –
Margarita Spanish 97,540 🇦🇷 Argentina #366 1923 ▲ 82 %
Margarita Spanish 40,418 🇺🇸 United States #1880 1976 ▼ 7 %
Margarita Spanish 11,289 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan #267 2010 ▼ 77 %
Margarita Spanish 1,928 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) – 1943 –
Margarita Spanish 490 🇫🇷 France #6987 1966 new
Margarita Spanish 254 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #2787 2022 ▲ 23 %
Małgorzata Polish 31,398 🇵🇱 Poland #81 2002 ▼ 60 %
Małgorzata Polish 118 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2009 –
Małgorzata Polish 81 🇺🇸 United States – 1982 –
Małgorzata Polish 23 🇮🇪 Ireland – 2008 –
Małgorzata Polish 5 🇨🇦 Québec – 1985 –
Margherita Italian 28,383 🇮🇹 Italy #28 2025 –
Margherita Italian 1,155 🇺🇸 United States – 1898 –
Margherita Italian 173 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1964 –
Margherita Italian 160 🇫🇷 France – 1960 –
Margherita Italian 127 🇨🇭 Switzerland #480 2025 new
Margherita Italian 31 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2023 –
Margarette French 6,164 🇺🇸 United States #8362 1909 ▲ 33 %
Margarette French 180 🇫🇷 France – 1952 –
Margarette French 128 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1917 –
Margarida Portuguese 5,305 🇵🇹 Portugal #11 2022 –
Margarida Portuguese 325 🇫🇷 France #4134 1974 ▲ 27 %
Margarida Portuguese 165 🇨🇭 Switzerland #720 2011 ▲ 11 %
Margarida Portuguese 49 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #4201 2024 new
Margarida Portuguese 27 🇺🇸 United States – 1922 –
Margarida Portuguese 7 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1968 –
Margarett English 4,933 🇺🇸 United States #11932 1922 ▲ 50 %
Margarett English 65 🇫🇷 France – 1951 –
Margarett English 45 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1917 –
Margarete German 2,376 🇺🇸 United States #11932 1903 new
Margarete German 90 🇦🇹 Austria #672 1986 new
Margarete German 59 🇩🇪 Germany (large cities) – 2017 –
Margarete German 57 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1919 –
Margarete German 15 🇫🇷 France – 1953 –
Margaretta Italian 2,535 🇺🇸 United States – 1891 –
Marketa English 1,233 🇨🇿 Czechia #72 2011 –
Marketa English 673 🇺🇸 United States – 1984 –
Margueritte English 1,221 🇺🇸 United States – 1907 –
Margueritte English 455 🇫🇷 France – 1901 –
Margit German 672 🇺🇸 United States – 1908 –
Margit German 527 🇦🇹 Austria – 1984 –
Margit German 144 🇸🇪 Sweden #651 2020 ▼ 13 %
Margit German 14 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1957 –
Margareth French 915 🇫🇷 France #5363 1970 new
Margareth French 301 🇺🇸 United States #9457 1911 new
Margareth French 10 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1959 –
Margareth French 6 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1957 –
Margrette English 850 🇺🇸 United States – 1903 –

Related names

Derived names

MaggieMargotMargauxGretaPeggyMarjorieRitaMetteMetka

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in British Columbia correlates closely with Margaret's.

  1. 1Brenda
  2. 2Lorraine
  3. 3Linda
  4. 4Donna
  5. 5Maureen
  6. 6Deborah

How we grouped these names

  • Margaret ↔ Marguerite — checked by hand
  • Margaret ↔ Margarita — checked by hand
  • Margaret ↔ Margherita — checked by hand
  • Margaret ↔ Margarida — checked by hand
  • Margaret ↔ Margareta — checked by hand
  • Margaret ↔ Małgorzata — checked by hand
  • Margaret ↔ Margit — checked by hand
  • Margaret ↔ Marketa — checked by hand
  • Margaret ↔ Margarete — checked by hand
  • Margaretta ↔ Margaretha — spelling variant
  • Margaretta ↔ Margareta — spelling variant
  • Margarette ↔ Margarete — spelling variant
  • Margaret ↔ Margarett — spelling variant
  • Margaret ↔ Margareth — spelling variant

Questions about Margaret

How popular is the name Margaret?

In 2023 it ranked #11 in Portugal. Official registers record 1,999,429 births across 25 countries.

What is Margaret in other languages?

Marguerite (French); Margarita (Spanish); Małgorzata (Polish); Margherita (Italian); Margarette (French); Margarida (Portuguese); Margarett (English); Margarete (German); Margaretta (Italian); Marketa (English).

When was Margaret most popular?

It peaked in British Columbia in 1925, at 3,166.6 births per 100,000.

Is Margaret a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Margaret is a girl name.