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A given name in English
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Margarite is a feminine given name documented in English.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2015: 5 girls (rank 16419). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Margarite
Recorded category girls
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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.
| 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 | 5 | 1,276 | observed |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | 8 | 1,085 | observed |
| 1893 | 8 | 1,091 | observed |
| 1894 | 7 | 1,237 | observed |
| 1895 | 5 | 1,592 | observed |
| 1896 | 7 | 1,292 | observed |
| 1897 | 5 | 1,555 | observed |
| 1898 | 8 | 1,263 | observed |
| 1899 | 12 | 935 | observed |
| 1900 | 7 | 1,561 | observed |
| 1901 | 5 | 1,679 | observed |
| 1902 | 14 | 936 | observed |
| 1903 | 9 | 1,204 | observed |
| 1904 | 9 | 1,251 | observed |
| 1905 | 6 | 1,696 | observed |
| 1906 | 5 | 1,951 | observed |
| 1907 | 12 | 1,142 | observed |
| 1908 | 12 | 1,203 | observed |
| 1909 | 11 | 1,290 | observed |
| 1910 | 9 | 1,634 | observed |
| 1911 | 16 | 1,113 | observed |
| 1912 | 22 | 1,117 | observed |
| 1913 | 32 | 946 | observed |
| 1914 | 35 | 1,003 | observed |
| 1915 | 37 | 1,115 | observed |
| 1916 | 43 | 1,059 | observed |
| 1917 | 40 | 1,126 | observed |
| 1918 | 47 | 1,061 | observed |
| 1919 | 37 | 1,242 | observed |
| 1920 | 43 | 1,152 | observed |
| 1921 | 48 | 1,092 | observed |
| 1922 | 39 | 1,252 | observed |
| 1923 | 41 | 1,213 | observed |
| 1924 | 47 | 1,138 | observed |
| 1925 | 52 | 1,050 | observed |
| 1926 | 26 | 1,623 | observed |
| 1927 | 42 | 1,194 | observed |
| 1928 | 35 | 1,290 | observed |
| 1929 | 40 | 1,174 | observed |
| 1930 | 37 | 1,232 | observed |
| 1931 | 25 | 1,502 | observed |
| 1932 | 27 | 1,448 | observed |
| 1933 | 34 | 1,224 | observed |
| 1934 | 27 | 1,409 | observed |
| 1935 | 24 | 1,514 | observed |
| 1936 | 22 | 1,593 | observed |
| 1937 | 18 | 1,845 | observed |
| 1938 | 23 | 1,596 | observed |
| 1939 | 20 | 1,731 | observed |
| 1940 | 24 | 1,591 | observed |
| 1941 | 26 | 1,538 | observed |
| 1942 | 25 | 1,668 | observed |
| 1943 | 19 | 1,994 | observed |
| 1944 | 28 | 1,545 | observed |
| 1945 | 16 | 2,149 | observed |
| 1946 | 13 | 2,739 | observed |
| 1947 | 15 | 2,637 | observed |
| 1948 | 23 | 2,008 | observed |
| 1949 | 23 | 2,013 | observed |
| 1950 | 28 | 1,794 | observed |
| 1951 | 27 | 1,885 | observed |
| 1952 | 32 | 1,746 | observed |
| 1953 | 28 | 1,931 | observed |
| 1954 | 19 | 2,519 | observed |
| 1955 | 16 | 2,839 | observed |
| 1956 | 28 | 2,058 | observed |
| 1957 | 19 | 2,651 | observed |
| 1958 | 11 | 3,747 | observed |
| 1959 | 19 | 2,678 | observed |
| 1960 | 23 | 2,512 | observed |
| 1961 | 22 | 2,608 | observed |
| 1962 | 15 | 3,293 | observed |
| 1963 | 17 | 3,066 | observed |
| 1964 | 17 | 3,108 | observed |
| 1965 | 11 | 3,952 | observed |
| 1966 | 13 | 3,558 | observed |
| 1967 | 15 | 3,340 | observed |
| 1968 | 7 | 5,642 | observed |
| 1969 | 6 | 6,617 | observed |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,070 | observed |
| 1971 | 9 | 5,543 | observed |
| 1972 | 8 | 5,959 | observed |
| 1973 | 9 | 5,580 | observed |
| 1974 | 7 | 6,900 | observed |
| 1975 | 9 | 5,984 | observed |
| 1976 | 9 | 6,048 | observed |
| 1977 | 6 | 8,444 | observed |
| 1978 | 5 | 9,750 | observed |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,010 | observed |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,392 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | 9 | 6,705 | observed |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,398 | observed |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,318 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 6 | 9,825 | observed |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,391 | observed |
| 1989 | 7 | 9,681 | observed |
| 1990 | 9 | 8,501 | observed |
| 1991 | 8 | 9,336 | observed |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,317 | observed |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | 7 | 10,569 | observed |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | 5 | 13,724 | observed |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,426 | observed |
| 1999 | 8 | 10,345 | observed |
| 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 | 6 | 14,179 | observed |
| 2005 | 9 | 10,921 | observed |
| 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 | 5 | 16,419 | observed |
| 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 |
Statistics count the spelling “Margarite” 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.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
MARGARITE— “pearl”
No name has been the occasion of more pretty fancies than Μαργαρίτης (a pearl), itself taken from the Persian term for the jewel, Murvarid (child of light), in accordance with the beauteous notion that the oysters rising to the surface of the water at night and opening their shells in adoration, received into their mouths drops of dew congealed by the moon-beams into the pure and exquisite gem, resembling in its pure pale lustre nothing so much as the moon herself, “_la gran…
No name has been the occasion of more pretty fancies than Μαργαρίτης (a pearl), itself taken from the Persian term for the jewel, Murvarid (child of light), in accordance with the beauteous notion that the oysters rising to the surface of the water at night and opening their shells in adoration, received into their mouths drops of dew congealed by the moon-beams into the pure and exquisite gem, resembling in its pure pale lustre nothing so much as the moon herself, “_la gran Margherita_,” as Dante calls her. The thought of the pearl of great price, and of the pearl gates of the celestial city, no doubt inspired the Christian choice of Margarite for that child of light of the city of Antioch in Pisidia, whose name as virgin martyr standing in the Liturgy without any authentic history, became, before the fifth century, the recipient of the allegory of feminine innocence and faith overcoming the dragon, even as St. George embodied the victory of the Christian warrior.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section XIII (Margaret) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · 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.
