girl's name

Margaretta

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 10
  • Births on record 2,542

Ireland

#535

1976 births

Margaretta is a girl's name. In 2007 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.

  • Margaretta is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 1915, when 76 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.

Margaretta over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2007, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Margaretta by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 97
1890s 156
1900s 179
1910s 444
1920s 475
1930s 284
1940s 319
1950s 246
1960s 158
1970s 101
1980s 57
1990s 14
2000s (to 2007) 5

How popular is Margaretta?

In 2007, Margaretta 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 Margaretta is used

Ireland #535 3 in 1976
United States #18,549 5 in 2007

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.

Names that peaked alongside Margaretta

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

Parents who like Margaretta also like

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

Sibling names for Margaretta

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

Common questions about Margaretta

How popular is the name Margaretta?

In 2007, Margaretta 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 Margaretta a girl's or a boy's name?

Margaretta is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Margaretta most popular?

Margaretta peaked in 1915, when 76 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.