Margretta

Girl · recorded 1885–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Margretta.

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

0255018851911193719631989

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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 77 recorded years as a table
Margretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188538
188635
188734
188850
189238
189823
189921
190634
190821
190917
191020
191122
191334
191413
191510
191611
191719
191815
19199
192018
192118
192217
19238
192414
192514
19268
192711
192812
192916
19307
193111
193212
193313
193410
19359
19369
193712
19385
19395
19408
194114
194210
194311
194412
194513
19468
19477
19488
19498
19509
195110
19526
19536
19547
19557
19563
19575
19584
19594
19608
19614
19624
19634
19645
19655
19668
19674
19685
19693
19703
19714
19724
19764
19803
19833
19883
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Margretta 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 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#12,362
How rare
1 in 368,710 girls
Since 1885
837

Margretta was last recorded in 1989. 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 1888, at 50 per million girls born.

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

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