NameTides

Margaret

Margaret was the #112 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,436 babies), and #413 in England & Wales and #282 in Canada.

Margaret as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Margaret as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Margaret as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#112 (2,436)#413 (98)#256 (14)#290 (5)#135 (35)#282 (112)—
2024#119 (2,316)#493 (80)#244 (15)#407 (3)#181 (25)#278 (110)—
2023#132 (2,085)#490 (81)#365 (9)#264 (6)#190 (24)#242 (117)—
2022#127 (2,199)#442 (96)#625 (4)#418 (3)#174 (28)#209 (136)—
2021#125 (2,245)#419 (106)#339 (10)#350 (4)#190 (25)#282 (114)—
2020#126 (2,196)#357 (124)#471 (6)—#220 (20)#203 (142)—
2019#127 (2,214)#396 (109)#258 (15)#336 (4)#196 (25)#280 (116)—
2018#127 (2,334)#392 (113)#376 (9)#434 (3)#150 (36)#283 (116)—
2017#132 (2,255)#413 (106)#409 (8)#296 (5)#165 (32)#246 (128)—
2016#139 (2,217)#423 (105)#311 (12)#229 (8)#176 (31)#237 (135)—
2015#155 (2,110)#492 (88)#416 (8)#312 (5)#165 (35)#323 (104)—
2014#169 (1,951)#508 (83)#323 (12)#365 (4)#169 (34)#263 (126)—
2013#180 (1,774)#542 (77)#319 (12)—#165 (36)#310 (106)—
2012#176 (1,780)#536 (79)#426 (8)#268 (7)#174 (33)#282 (117)—
2011#186 (1,699)#557 (74)#465 (7)#246 (7)#150 (40)#367 (89)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1916 at #4.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 660 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 660common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 600common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Margaret is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 660 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 600 to 1 in 730.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Margaret by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #67WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #95NHWashington: #112WAIdaho: #133IDMontana: #79MTNorth Dakota: #53NDMinnesota: #65MNIllinois: #114ILMichigan: #103MINew York: #194NYMassachusetts: #68MAOregon: #169ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: #58WYSouth Dakota: #117SDIowa: #61IAIndiana: #65INOhio: #88OHPennsylvania: #89PANew Jersey: #192NJConnecticut: #120CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #293CAUtah: #97UTColorado: #75CONebraska: #57NEMissouri: #59MOKentucky: #102KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #63VAMaryland: #106MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #282AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #65KSArkansas: #144ARTennessee: #89TNNorth Carolina: #93NCSouth Carolina: #61SCDistrict of Columbia: #21DCOklahoma: #110OKLouisiana: #86LAMississippi: #114MSAlabama: #35ALGeorgia: #100GAHawaii: #78HITexas: #160TXFlorida: #251FL
Margaret (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#20458
Quebec2025#7745

Margaret (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MargaretCanadaGirls#282112
MargaretEngland & WalesGirls#41398
MargaretIrelandGirls#13535
MargaretNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
MargaretNSWGirls—too few
MargaretScotlandGirls#25614
MargaretUSGirls#1122,436
MargaretUSBoys—too few