Margaret

Girl Ancient Greek #132 in 2023

Margaret is a girl name of Ancient Greek origin.

Meaning of Margaret

A river in southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton. See Margaret River. From the name of a legendary third century saint, from Margaret, from Margaret, from Margarita, from μαργαρίτης, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source. The same source, through folk etymology, has produced, related to, merigriota,, equivalent

Popularity of Margaret

Popularity, 1880–2023

2,083 births in 2023

1880 2023

1,260,004 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

1921

28,521 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.