Margaret
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Margaret comes from Greek and means “pearl.” Margaret dates to a third-century saint, was Scotland’s national female name by the 11th century, and was a U.S. top-ten name for much of the early 1900s. Few names have more nicknames, from Maggie, Meg, and Peggy to Daisy, Greta, and Maisie. Famous Margarets include Thatcher, Mead, and Atwood, and Margaret Bulkley, who lived as James Barry to become a celebrated army surgeon.
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Usage of Margaret in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Margaret against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Margaret is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Margaret in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,436 girls were named Margaret, making it the #112 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 1,264,774 girls have been named Margaret, with the most (28,468) in 1921. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Wyoming and North Dakota.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Margaret in other languages
- Margit Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Hungarian, Swedish
- Margarita Dutch, Latvian, Spanish
- Margita Czech, Latvian, Slovak
- Margarida Catalan, Portuguese
- Margret German, Icelandic
- Marguerite Dutch, French
- Маргарита Bulgarian, Russian
- Maggie English
- Margarete German
- Margaretha Dutch
- Marged Welsh
- Margherita Italian
- Margo Dutch
- Margot Dutch
- Margrete Icelandic
- Margrjet Icelandic
- Margrét Icelandic
- Marieta Polish
- Marjeta Slovenian
- Marjetka Slovenian
- Markéta Czech
- Małgorzata Polish
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Margaret
There are 36 towns and villages with Margaret in their name, in 12 countries.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14🇺🇸 United States 6🇨🇦 Canada 4🇦🇺 Australia 2🇯🇲 Jamaica 2🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 2🇧🇩 Bangladesh 1🇧🇿 Belize 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Margaret River | Western Australia, 🇦🇺 Australia | 7,571 | Map |
| Margaret | Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States | 4,554 | Map |
| St. Margaret | Cayo District, 🇧🇿 Belize | 1,405 | Map |
| Char Mārgāret | Barisal Division, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | – | Map |
| Glen Margaret | Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦 Canada | – | Map |
| Huerta Margaret | Lima region, 🇵🇪 Peru | – | Map |
| Margaret | North Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Margaret | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Margaret | West Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Margaret | Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Margaret
There are 75 lakes and reservoirs with Margaret in their name, in 5 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 40🇨🇦 Canada 32🇦🇺 Australia 1🇬🇱 Greenland 1🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
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| Lac Margaret | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Margaret | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Margaret | Tasmania, 🇦🇺 Australia | Map |
| Lake Margaret | Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Margaret | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Margaret | West Coast, 🇳🇿 New Zealand | Map |
| Lake Margaret | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Margaret | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Margaret | Ohio, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Margaret | Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Margaret songs
32 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Margaret in their title. The best known:
- Thank You Very Much (Margaret song) – Margaret (2013)
- Margaret – Lana Del Rey (2023)
- Elephant (Margaret song) – Margaret (2016)
- Fair Margaret and Sweet William
- Proud Lady Margaret
- I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher – Notsensibles (1979)
- Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret
- Margaret – Myslovitz (1997)
- Stand Down Margaret
- Best Friend / Stand Down Margaret (Dub) – The Beat (1980)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Margaret
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Margaret.
Margaret Adeoye
Margaret Bennett
Margaret Berger
Margaret C. Anderson
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Fictional characters named Margaret
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Margaret as a pet name
FurryName has found 34 dogs named Margaret in public pet registers, making it the #2,666 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Corangamite Shire (1), Tacoma (1), Burnside (1). Margaret as a dog name →
FurryName has found 5 cats named Margaret in public pet registers, making it the #3,414 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Toronto (4), Surf Coast Shire (1). Margaret as a cat name →
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