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Marga

“pearl”

feminineLatin script

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Dutch

Origin: Not established
6 language contexts: Spanish German Dutch +3 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Marga

Marga is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, German, Dutch and 3 other languages. It is a form of Margarete, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “pearl”.

Meaning in the sources

Not established

Meaning: “pearl”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (7)

Wikidata Q19689482CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: MargareteCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Marga is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Marga’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1993: 5 girls (rank 13442).

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Marga

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1993: 5; applications; Rank #13,442
Peak year: 1960; 15 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Marga in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	5	3,618	observed
1915	6	3,795	observed
1916	5	4,417	observed
1917	6	4,083	observed
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	6	4,426	observed
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	5	4,725	observed
1929	6	4,053	observed
1930	9	3,055	observed
1931	7	3,497	observed
1932	6	3,901	observed
1933	7	3,406	observed
1934	6	3,802	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	5	4,250	observed
1940	9	2,963	observed
1941	7	3,559	observed
1942	8	3,444	observed
1943	7	3,801	observed
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	8	3,388	observed
1946	13	2,739	observed
1947	8	4,007	observed
1948	8	3,883	observed
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	7	4,315	observed
1951	9	3,714	observed
1952	5	5,563	observed
1953	11	3,480	observed
1954	7	4,655	observed
1955	6	5,208	observed
1956	9	4,161	observed
1957	11	3,696	observed
1958	5	6,103	observed
1959	10	4,031	observed
1960	15	3,212	observed
1961	10	4,239	observed
1962	15	3,293	observed
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	9	4,636	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	7	5,642	observed
1969	5	7,471	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	8	5,959	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	8,775	observed
1975	7	7,173	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	7	7,567	observed
1978	6	8,562	observed
1979	5	10,210	observed
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	7	8,778	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	5	13,442	observed
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Marga” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Marga López
1924–2005
Mexican actress (1924–2005)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Marga Petersen
1919–2002
German sprinter (1919-2002)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Marga with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q19689482CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: MargareteCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Marga.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Marga

Marga is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, German, Dutch and 3 other languages. It is a form of Margarete, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “pearl”.

Meaning in the sources

Not established

Meaning: “pearl”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (7)

Wikidata Q19689482CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: MargareteCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Marga is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Marga’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1993: 5 girls (rank 13442).

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Marga

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1993: 5; applications; Rank #13,442
Peak year: 1960; 15 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Marga in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	5	3,618	observed
1915	6	3,795	observed
1916	5	4,417	observed
1917	6	4,083	observed
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	6	4,426	observed
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	5	4,725	observed
1929	6	4,053	observed
1930	9	3,055	observed
1931	7	3,497	observed
1932	6	3,901	observed
1933	7	3,406	observed
1934	6	3,802	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	5	4,250	observed
1940	9	2,963	observed
1941	7	3,559	observed
1942	8	3,444	observed
1943	7	3,801	observed
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	8	3,388	observed
1946	13	2,739	observed
1947	8	4,007	observed
1948	8	3,883	observed
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	7	4,315	observed
1951	9	3,714	observed
1952	5	5,563	observed
1953	11	3,480	observed
1954	7	4,655	observed
1955	6	5,208	observed
1956	9	4,161	observed
1957	11	3,696	observed
1958	5	6,103	observed
1959	10	4,031	observed
1960	15	3,212	observed
1961	10	4,239	observed
1962	15	3,293	observed
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	9	4,636	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	7	5,642	observed
1969	5	7,471	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	8	5,959	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	8,775	observed
1975	7	7,173	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	7	7,567	observed
1978	6	8,562	observed
1979	5	10,210	observed
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	7	8,778	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	5	13,442	observed
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Marga López
1924–2005
Mexican actress (1924–2005)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Marga Petersen
1919–2002
German sprinter (1919-2002)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q19689482CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: MargaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: MargareteCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Marga.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Marga

About Marga

Meaning in the sources

Where Marga is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Marga López

Marga Petersen

Margareta

Margaretha

Margarita

Margarete

Margarida

Marge

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Marga

About Marga

Meaning in the sources

Where Marga is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Marga López

Marga Petersen

Margareta

Margaretha

Margarita

Margarete

Margarida

Marge

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Marga

Meaning in the sources

Where Marga is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Marga López

Marga Petersen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Marga

Meaning in the sources

Where Marga is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Marga López

Marga Petersen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page