girl's name

Margaretann

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 11
  • Births on record 320

Scotland

#583

as Margaret-Ann, 1987

Margaretann is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1963, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1926.

Margaretann over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Margaretann by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 5
1930s 23
1940s 85
1950s 42
1960s 68
1970s 38
1980s 23
1990s 5
2000s 5
2010s (to 2018) 10

How popular is Margaretann?

In 2018, Margaretann was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Margaretann is used

Scotland as Margaret-Ann #583 3 in 1987
England & Wales as Margaret-Ann #6,322 3 in 2025
United States #16,186 5 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Margaretann is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Margaret-Ann Margaret-Ann is Margaretann written with a hyphen, used in Scotland, where it ranks #583. 16

Names that peaked alongside Margaretann

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Margaretann also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Margaretann over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Margaretann

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Margaretann — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Margaretann

How popular is the name Margaretann?

In 2018, Margaretann was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Margaretann a girl's or a boy's name?

Margaretann is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Margaretann most popular?

Margaretann peaked in 1963, when 13 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Margaretann a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Margaretann currently ranks #6,322 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.