girl's name

Margurite

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 1,755

Ireland

#489

1978 births

Margurite is a girl's name. In 1987 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 1923, when 68 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1893.

Margurite over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1987, not a full ten years.

489
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80
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Births named Margurite by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 57
1900s 89
1910s 376
1920s 489
1930s 223
1940s 175
1950s 197
1960s 97
1970s 25
1980s (to 1987) 17

How popular is Margurite?

In 1987, Margurite 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 Margurite is used

Ireland #489 4 in 1978
United States #12,195 5 in 1987

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 Margurite

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

Parents who like Margurite also like

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

Sibling names for Margurite

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

Common questions about Margurite

How popular is the name Margurite?

In 1987, Margurite 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 Margurite a girl's or a boy's name?

Margurite is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Margurite most popular?

Margurite peaked in 1923, when 68 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.