NameTides

Marigold

Marigold was the #590 girls' name in the US in 2025 (498 babies), and #1,028 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Marigold as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Marigold as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Marigold as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#590 (498)#1,028 (33)#799 (36)
2024#689 (411)#1,491 (21)#753 (39)
2023#712 (397)#1,525 (20)#907 (29)
2022#822 (340)#1,383 (23)#927 (28)
2021#1,012 (252)#2,201 (12)#947 (29)
2020#1,093 (223)#2,615 (9)#1,087 (23)
2019#1,295 (177)#3,151 (7)#970 (27)
2018#1,413 (158)#3,178 (7)#1,089 (23)
2017#1,643 (131)#2,201 (12)#1,584 (14)
2016#2,093 (93)#4,096 (5)#2,040 (10)
2015#2,646 (67)#4,736 (4)#1,584 (14)
2014#4,657 (30)#3,514 (6)#2,905 (6)
2013#4,887 (28)——
2012#5,710 (23)#5,876 (3)#2,921 (6)
2011#13,347 (7)—#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #590.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Marigold is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marigold by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: #117IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #541ILMichigan: #504MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #576PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #616CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #428CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #333VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: #332SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Marigold (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#44228

Marigold (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
MarigoldCanadaGirls#79936
MarigoldEngland & WalesGirls#1,02833
MarigoldNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarigoldUSGirls#590498