Marguerita
Marguerita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196134 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1891
- 1,308people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,308 girls have been named Marguerita in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 34 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 34 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1950s alone account for 17%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marguerita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 40 | |
| 1900s | 30 | |
| 1910s | 148 | |
| 1920s | 197 | |
| 1930s | 124 | |
| 1940s | 137 | |
| 1950s | 228 | |
| 1960s | 215 | |
| 1970s | 115 | |
| 1980s | 51 | |
| 1990s | 23 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Marguerita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Marguerita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Laurettepeak 1956
- Alfredapeak 1958
- Bernettapeak 1921
- Thressapeak 1916
- Carolapeak 1961
- Jeannettapeak 1956
- Freidapeak 1947
- Annepeak 1959
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.