Margaretta

Girl · recorded 1880–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1884best year

Most popular in 1884.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05811618801912194419752007

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 109 recorded years as a table
Margaretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188055
188198
188256
1884116
1885105
188642
188755
188890
1889101
189084
189197
189242
189385
189490
189568
189667
189764
189862
189951
190057
190154
190238
190380
190440
190572
190651
190772
190866
190975
191053
191157
191241
191372
191449
191577
191656
191754
191851
191938
192046
192144
192252
192347
192445
192536
192641
192727
192829
192928
193026
193121
193232
193317
193421
193536
193620
193732
193828
193933
194021
194126
194221
194330
194428
194523
194620
194718
194815
194922
195020
195112
195216
195316
195410
195516
19568
195710
19589
195910
19608
19618
19628
19639
196410
196514
196611
19677
19685
19697
19709
197110
19726
19736
19745
19755
19768
19775
19787
19794
19808
19814
19825
19835
19845
19853
19883
19934
19953
20073

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Margaretta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
5
Rank in 2007
#17,636
How rare
1 in 384,523 girls
Since 1880
2,535

Margaretta was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1884, at 116 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Margaretta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.