Margarita
The Spanish and Russian form of Margaret, from the Greek margarites, meaning pearl. In Spanish the same word also names the daisy.
Margarita in 2025
Margarita was given to 104 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 3,461st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 31,878 babies born.
The history of Margarita
Margarita reached its highest point in 1957, when 600 babies were given the name, ranking 674th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 624th, in 1950.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 40,418 babies have been named Margarita. Half of them were born before 1967, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation X.
Margarita by decade
| Decade | Babies named Margarita | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | 1,017 |
| 1890s | 228 | 851 |
| 1900s | 431 | 726 |
| 1910s | 1,213 | 815 |
| 1920s | 2,913 | 638 |
| 1930s | 2,601 | 673 |
| 1940s | 3,356 | 650 |
| 1950s | 5,470 | 624 |
| 1960s | 5,319 | 682 |
| 1970s | 4,799 | 735 |
| 1980s | 4,335 | 812 |
| 1990s | 4,841 | 842 |
| 2000s | 2,848 | 1,197 |
| 2010s | 1,356 | 2,474 |
| 2020s | 624 | 3,265 |
Where Margarita is heading
Margarita has fallen 17% over the past decade, from 125 babies in 2015 to 104 in 2025.
Names like Margarita
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Margarita.