Margretta
- Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 837since 1885
Margretta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Margretta has never cracked the top 800 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five girls were named Margretta! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Margretta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Margretta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Margretta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1888
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1888 at #894 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1888
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,847
- Highest: 1 in 19,847 girls born in 1888 were named Margretta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 368,710 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 19.4% of all girls named Margretta (162) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | #894 (1888) | #1,049 |
| 1890s | 19 | #1,085 (1892) | #1,394 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,229 (1906) | #1,621 |
| 1910s | 118 | #1,229 (1913) | #2,103 |
| 1920s | 162 | #1,867 (1921) | #2,332 |
| 1930s | 99 | #2,275 (1933) | #2,888 |
| 1940s | 138 | #2,018 (1941) | #2,561 |
| 1950s | 119 | #2,391 (1951) | #3,520 |
| 1960s | 91 | #2,989 (1960) | #4,880 |
| 1970s | 24 | #6,619 (1971) | #7,516 |
| 1980s | 20 | #10,275 (1983) | #11,207 |
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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