Margaret
The 2025 national count puts Margaret at #112, keeping its place without fuss. Its high-water mark came in 1891, which makes it a grandparent-generation name enjoying its afterlife.
What Margaret carries
Margaret · Greek
“pearl”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Margaret’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Margaret, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Margaret since 1880
Margaret peaked in 1891 at #3; #112 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Margaret is most common
The state that gives Margaret most often, per girls born there, is District of Columbia (0.89% in 2025); Wyoming and North Dakota are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Margaret
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Cora
#113 in 2025 · Greek
George
#126 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Melanie
#142 in 2025 · Greek
Peter
#187 in 2025 · Greek
Nicholas
#112 in 2025 · Greek
Milo
#119 in 2025 · Greek
Margot
#102 in 2025 · Greek
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About Margaret
Where does Margaret rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Margaret at #112, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Margaret have a meaning on record?
The reference we cite records “pearl”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Margaret?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Cora, George and Lydia, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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