Margherita
Margherita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192625 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1892
- 1,155people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,155 girls have been named Margherita in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1926, with 25 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 25 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1920s alone account for 16%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Margherita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | |
| 1900s | 33 | |
| 1910s | 132 | |
| 1920s | 187 | |
| 1930s | 96 | |
| 1940s | 101 | |
| 1950s | 127 | |
| 1960s | 154 | |
| 1970s | 122 | |
| 1980s | 79 | |
| 1990s | 58 | |
| 2000s | 26 | |
| 2010s | 11 | |
| 2020s | 16 |
In 1926, its biggest year
Margherita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1926 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1926.
Names that rose and fell with Margherita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Romanapeak 1928
- Santapeak 1923
- Vinitapeak 1921
- Antonettepeak 1917
- Carmelpeak 1962
- Antoinettepeak 1924
- Omegapeak 1925
- Clementinapeak 1925
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.