Margaretha
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764
- Peak · girls
- 1887 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 477since 1884
Margaretha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Margaretha has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
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| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
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| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | — | |
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| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
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| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Margaretha! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Margaretha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Margaretha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Margaretha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 765 spots in 1899
- Biggest drop: 550 spots in 1888
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1887 at #586 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1886–1887
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,732
- Highest: 1 in 9,732 girls born in 1887 were named Margaretha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 22.6% of all girls named Margaretha (108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | #586 (1887) | #910 |
| 1890s | 73 | #872 (1890) | #1,178 |
| 1900s | 61 | #1,001 (1904) | #1,421 |
| 1910s | 108 | #1,352 (1912) | #2,214 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,378 (1925) | #3,554 |
| 1930s | 34 | #3,047 (1932) | #4,075 |
| 1940s | 18 | #3,892 (1949) | #4,272 |
| 1950s | 24 | #4,740 (1955) | #5,246 |
| 1960s | 21 | #4,546 (1961) | #5,378 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #16,099 (2004) | #16,099 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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