girl's name

Margarite

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 1,932

Ireland

#619

1979 births

Margarite is a girl's name. In 2015 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 1925, when 52 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1888.

Margarite over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Margarite by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 60
1900s 90
1910s 318
1920s 413
1930s 257
1940s 212
1950s 227
1960s 146
1970s 74
1980s 50
1990s 48
2000s 15
2010s (to 2015) 5

How popular is Margarite?

In 2015, Margarite 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 Margarite is used

Ireland #619 3 in 1979
United States #18,523 5 in 2015

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 Margarite

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

Parents who like Margarite also like

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

Sibling names for Margarite

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

Common questions about Margarite

How popular is the name Margarite?

In 2015, Margarite 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 Margarite a girl's or a boy's name?

Margarite is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Margarite most popular?

Margarite peaked in 1925, when 52 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.