Girls' name · peaked in 1976
Margarita name popularity since 1925
37,128 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Margarita. Half of them were born in 1970 or earlier, so the typical Margarita is about 56 years old in 2026. Margarita peaked in 1976 as the #402 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 37,128
- Named Margarita, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,893 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 36,939 girls · 189 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 4.58× its national share
Peak year is the year Margarita made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Margarita births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Margarita peaked in 1976.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, Margarita's share of baby girls fell by 36%, from 1 in 7,850 to 1 in 12,200.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Margarita's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Margarita.
Decade by decade
Babies named Margarita in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,544 | 35 | – |
| 1930s | 2,582 | 19 | #400 |
| 1940s | 3,346 | 10 | #417 |
| 1950s | 5,452 | 18 | #375 |
| 1960s | 5,310 | 9 | #419 |
| 1970s | 4,758 | 41 | #414 |
| 1980s | 4,301 | 34 | #511 |
| 1990s | 4,818 | 23 | #526 |
| 2000s | 2,848 | 0 | #923 |
| 2010s | 1,356 | 0 | #1,702 |
| 2020–25 | 624 | 0 | #1,893 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
26.5% of babies named Margarita from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Margarita is most popular
The index compares Margarita's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Margarita.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4.58× | 12,099 |
| New Mexico | 3.73× | 694 |
| Arizona | 3.11× | 1,356 |
| California | 2.71× | 9,678 |
| New York | 1.44× | 3,690 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Margarita's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Margarita.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Margarita (1976).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data