Margarete Girl
How popular is Margarete?
#11,928 girl name in 2025
7 baby girls were named Margarete in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
806living people named Margarete (est.)
66median age of people named Margarete
2,376babies named Margarete since 1880
1 in 473,620US babies born in 2025
Margarete popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #11,928 for girls (▼ 811 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | New in the last 10 years |
| Earlier ranks | #15,083 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (74 girls) |
| Highest rank | #753 in 1888 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Margarete counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Margaret family of names ranked #134 for girls in 2025 (#148 the year before), with 2,462 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret | 2,436 | 99% |
| Margarette | 12 | 0% |
| Margarett | 7 | 0% |
| Margarete | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Margarete by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 43 | #753 |
| 1890s | 82 | #843 |
| 1900s | 132 | #760 |
| 1910s | 448 | #810 |
| 1920s | 515 | #906 |
| 1930s | 306 | #1,041 |
| 1940s | 210 | #1,404 |
| 1950s | 213 | #2,015 |
| 1960s | 147 | #2,751 |
| 1970s | 53 | #4,760 |
| 1980s | 88 | #5,185 |
| 1990s | 66 | #8,116 |
| 2000s | 41 | #9,666 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2020s | 25 | #11,117 |
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Questions
- Is Margarete a boy or girl name?
- Margarete is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Margarete were girls.
- How popular is the name Margarete?
- 7 baby girls were named Margarete in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
- When was Margarete most popular?
- Margarete peaked in 1918, when 74 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #753 in 1888.
- How many people are named Margarete?
- 2,376 babies have been named Margarete in the US since 1880. We estimate about 806 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 66.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.