Margaret
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Margaret
Margaret is derived from the French Marguerite, which in turn came from Margarita, the Latin form of the Greek Margarites. Margarites was based on the Old Persian word margārīta, meaning "pearl."
Margaret has been one of the most Christian and royal of female names—attached to the patron saint of women in childbirth and to various queens and princesses in England, Scandinavia, Austria, and the Netherlands, and to the first female prime minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher.
Margaret is a rich, classic name used for queens and saints. Margaret was replaced for decades by less starchy forms like Maggie and Meg, but some stylish parents are reviving Margaret in full, attracted by its strong sound and classic status, as an alternative to Elizabeth or Katherine.
Margaret is also an important family name for many people, having ranked near the top through the first half of the 1900s. An extremely well used name since medieval times, Margaret is still considered the Scottish national name.
If you're honoring an ancestral Margaret, there are many fresh and new alternatives, from the French Marguerite—very stylish in Paris—to the diminutive Margo (or Margot). In French, Marguerite is another word for daisy, making Daisy another appropriate Margaret short form or honorific, as is Maisie. Other offspring of Margaret include Madge, Marjorie/Margery, Megan, Molly, Polly, Peggy, Greta, and Rita.
Margaret is also given to boys.
Pronounced MAR-guh-ret.
As of October 2026, Margaret ranked #112 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3 in 1906, Nameberry popularity #103.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #169 | 1,951 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #155 | 2,110 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #139 | 2,216 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #132 | 2,255 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #127 | 2,334 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #127 | 2,214 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #126 | 2,195 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #125 | 2,242 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #127 | 2,197 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #132 | 2,083 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #119 | 2,303 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #112 | 2,436 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Margaret for girls
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Margaret on lists
Famous Margarets
- Margaret Constance "Maisie" WilliamsGirl
English actress
- Saint MargaretGirl
Antiochene Virgin,Martyr
- Saint Margaret of WessexGirl
"The Pearl of Scotland"
- MargaretGirl
Maid of Norway, Queen of Scots
- Margaret IGirl
Queen of Denmark
- Margaret of EnglandGirl
Queen consort of Alexander III of Scots
- Margaret of DenmarkGirl
Queen consort of James III of Scots
- Margaret TudorGirl
Queen consort of James IV of Scots
- Margaret of AnjouGirl
Queen consort of Henry VI of England
- Margaret of ValoisGirl
Queen consort of Henry IV of France
- Margaret of BurgundyGirl
Queen consort of Louis X and I of France and Navarre
- Margaret of ProvenceGirl
Queen consort of Louis IX of France
- Margaret LeijonhufvudGirl
Queen consort of Gustav I of Sweden
- Margaret of AustriaGirl
Queen consort of Philip III and II of Spain and Portugal
- Margaret Hilda ThatcherGirl
British Prime Minister
- Margaret RoseGirl
Princess of the U.K., Countess of Snowdon; sister of Queen Elizabeth II
- Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah of ConnaughtGirl
Crown Princess of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
- Margaret Munnerlyn MitchellGirl
American novelist
- Margaret Eleanor AtwoodGirl
Canadian novelist and poet
- Margaret Higgins SangerGirl
American birth control activist
- Margaret Moran ChoGirl
American comedienne
- Margaret Peterson HaddixGirl
American novelist
- Margaret MeadGirl
American anthropologist
- Margaret TravoltaGirl
American actress; sister of John Travolta
- Margaret Wise BrownGirl
American children's author
- Margaret BourkeGirl
White, American photographer
- Margaret Juliet "Marlo" ThomasGirl
American actress
- Margaret Grace DenigGirl
birth name of Maggie Grace, American actress
- Margaret Denise QuigleyGirl
birth name of Maggie Q, American actress
- Margaret CourtGirl
Australian tennis player
- (Sarah) Margaret FullerGirl
American feminist; transcendentalist writer and critic
- Margaret Cassidy "Maggie" LawsonGirl
American actress
- Margaret Natalie "Maggie" SmithGirl
English actress
- Margaret Warner MorleyGirl
American biologist and author
- Margaret Floy WashburnGirl
American psychologist
- Margaret GormanGirl
first Miss America (1921)
- Margaret Grace BondfieldGirl
British feminist and Minister of Labour
- Margaret DrabbleGirl
Lady Holroyd, English novelist
- Margaret StohlGirl
American novelist
- Margaret Edith WeisGirl
American novelist
- Margaret BeaufortGirl
mother to King Henry VII of England
- (Mary) Margaret Truman DanielGirl
American singer and author, daughter of U.S. President Harry Truman
- Margaret Lucas CavendishGirl
Duchess of Newcastle,upon,Tyne, English author and scientist
- Margaret Mary Theodora MacdonaldGirl
daughter of 1st Canadian Prime Minister John Macdonald
- Sarah Margaret QualleyGirl
American model and actress
- Margaret D. H. Keane (born Peggy Doris Hawkins)Girl
American painter, creator of the "big,eyed waifs" and subject of the Tim Burton film "Big Eyes"
- Margaret GlaspyGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Margaret Heather "Maggie" Christian (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of American actress Kellie Martin
- Margaret Laura "Mila" Hager (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of Jenna Bush Hager
- Margaret Anne "Aurie" Jackson (b.2018)Girl
daughter of Matthew John Jackson
- Margaret HamiltonGirl
American computer scientist
- Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra)Girl
American actress
- Margaret "Marni" Nixon (born Margaret Nixon McEathron)Girl
American soprano and ghost singer
- Margaret Vivian BenedictGirl
(b. 2024), daughter of actors Rob Benedict and Ruth Connell
Margaret in pop culture
- Margaret and Bessatsu MargaretGirl
Japanese shojo manga magazines
- Margaret "Boots"Girl
character in Gregor The Overlander
- Margaret "Mae" BorowskiGirl
main character in "Night in The Woods"
- Margaret BrackenreidGirl
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid's wife on CBC's "Murdoch Mysteries"
- Margaret "Daisy" BrookeGirl
character in "Little Women"
- Margaret "Peggy" Wanker BundyGirl
character on TV's "Married with Children"
- Margaret "Peggy" CarterGirl
character in Marvel Universe
- Margaret DashwoodGirl
character in "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
- Margaret de VilleroyGirl
character in G. A. Henty's "At Agincourt"
- Margaret "Maggie" DuvalGirl
a character on MTV's "Scream", also Emma Duval's mother
- Margaret of EveshamGirl
character in G. A. Henty's, "Winning His Spurs"
- MargaretGirl
Baroness Falconbridge, character in "This Golden Land" by Barbara Wood
- Margaret HaleGirl
character in Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South"
- Margaret "Hot Lips" HoulihanGirl
character on TV's "M*A*S*H"
- Margaret HumphreysGirl
character in film "Oranges and Sunshine"
- Margaret Mildred "Kit" KittredgeGirl
American Girl doll character
- Margaret "Maggie" LangGirl
character in Marvel Universe
- Margaret "Meg" MarchGirl
character in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"
- Margaret "Meg" MastersGirl
demon on TV's "Supernatural"
- Margaret "Meg" McCaffreyGirl
character in the "Trials of Apollo" book series
- Margaret "Meg" MurryGirl
main character in "A Wrinkle in Time"
- Margaret "Maggie" PierceGirl
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Margaret "Meg" PryorGirl
main character on TV's "American Dreams"
- Margaret Ellen "Maggie" SawyerGirl
character in DC Universe
- Margaret SchlegelGirl
character in E.M. Forster's "Howards End"
- Margaret Katherine "Maggie" SeaverGirl
character on TV's "Growing Pains"
- Margaret "Maggie" SheffieldGirl
eldest daughter on TV's "The Nanny"
- Margaret SimonGirl
main character in "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" by Judy Blume
- Margaret Evelyn "Maggie" SimpsonGirl
baby on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Margaret TateGirl
character in film "The Proposal"
- Margaret WadeGirl
character in comic strip "Dennis the Menace"
- Margaret "Meg" ChalmersGirl
main character in Lois Lowry's "A Summer to Die"
- "Proud Lady Margaret"Girl
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Fair Margaret and Sweet William"Girl
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret"Girl
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- MaggieGirl
- PeggyGirl
- MegGirl
- MargyGirl
- MargieGirl
- MeganGirl
- DaisyGirl
- EttaGirl
- EttieGirl
- EttyGirl
- GigiGirl
- GretaGirl
- GretelGirl
- MadgeGirl
- MadgieGirl
- MaeGirl
- MaeganGirl
- MagGirl
- MaggyGirl
- MagsGirl
- MaiseyGirl
- MaisieGirl
- MaisyGirl
- MamieGirl
- MargGirl
- MargaGirl
- MargoGirl
- MargotGirl
- MariGirl
- MarnieGirl
- MayGirl
- MaymeGirl
- MaymieGirl
- MazieGirl
- MazyGirl
- MeaganGirl
- MetaGirl
- MettaGirl
- MetteGirl
- MettieGirl
- MettyGirl
- MidgeGirl
- MimiGirl
- MuffyGirl
- PearlGirl
- PearlieGirl
- PegGirl
- PeggGirl
- PeggieGirl
- RedGirl
- RettieGirl
- RettyGirl
- RhettGirl
- MaggiGirl
- MagoGirl
- MaigaGirl
- MarchetaGirl
- MarchietaGirl
- MarethaGirl
- MarettaGirl
- MargaloGirl
- MargarethaGirl
- MargaretheGirl
- MargarettGirl
- MargarettaGirl
- MargaretteGirl
- MargaritGirl
- MargariteGirl
- MargeGirl
- MargerettaGirl
- MargeretteGirl
- MargerieGirl
- MargeryGirl
- MargetGirl
- MargettaGirl
- MargetteGirl
- MargeyGirl
- MarghanitaGirl
- MargharitaGirl
- MargheritaGirl
- MarghrettaGirl
- MargiadGirl
- MargiesGirl
- MargizeGirl
- MargredGirl
- MargrethGirl
- MargrettGirl
- MargridGirl
- MarguitaGirl
- MarjeryGirl
- MarjeyGirl
- MarjiGirl
- MarjieGirl
- MarjorieGirl
- MarkieGirl
- MarkitaGirl
- MeggiGirl
- MeggyGirl
- MeytaGirl
- PeggiGirl