Margarita
Margarita was the 1893rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 104 babies. Its best year was 1950, when it ranked 334th; the most babies were born in 1957 (594). Over the last ten years it has moved down 191 places. More babies were named Margarita in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Meaning "pearl" · Spanish, Greek
Say it mar-guh-REE-tuh /ˌmɑrɡəˈritə/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,893 girls, up 199 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 104girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1957594 babies
- Total since 1880
- 40,418babies recorded
What does the name Margarita mean?
Margarita is the Latin, Spanish and Greek form of Margaret, from the Greek margarítēs, "pearl", which Wikipedia notes was probably borrowed from an Iranian language. DMNES lists many saints and queens named Margaret. In Spanish margarita is also the word for the daisy. The cocktail took the name much later. Margarita was most common in the US in the 1970s.
μαργαρίτης (Greek, “pearl”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Margaret, Marguerite, Rita, Margot.
See also: Greek names, names that mean jewel.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Margarita', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Margaret', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Margarita (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Nicknames for Margarita
The usual nicknames for Margarita are Rita, Margie and Maggie. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Margarita in the last five years, 984 were named Maggie, against 564 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rita | Traditional | #1,287 | 827 |
| Margie · also for Margaret, Marjorie | Traditional | #6,730 | 99 |
| Maggie · also for Margaret, Magnolia, Magdalena | Traditional | #294 | 5,275 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Margaritas go by each one.
Margarita popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 199 since 1918.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,893 | 104 |
| 2020 | #2,092 | 88 |
| 2010 | #1,375 | 169 |
| 2000 | #654 | 378 |
| 1990 | #464 | 528 |
| 1980 | #465 | 460 |
| 1970 | #439 | 501 |
| 1960 | #436 | 499 |
| 1950 | #334 | 535 |
| 1940 | #423 | 262 |
| 1930 | #384 | 318 |
| 1920 | #416 | 254 |
| 1910 | #530 | 60 |
| 1900 | #597 | 35 |
| 1890 | #748 | 14 |
| 1880 | #904 | 5 |
How popular is Margarita, counting every spelling?
Margarita has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,700 for girls in 2025, against #1,893 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Margarita?
104 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Margarita (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Margarita born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 81 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Margarita.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Margarita?
About 29,600 people born in the US named Margarita are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 32 and 65. That makes Margarita mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Margarita by state
How common Margarita was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.2×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Margarita: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Margarita, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Margarita · Sibling names for Margarita
Questions about the name Margarita
What does Margarita mean?
Margarita means “"pearl"” (Spanish, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Margarita?
Margarita was the 1893rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 104 babies. Its best year was 1950, when it ranked 334th; the most babies were born in 1957 (594). Over the last ten years it has moved down 191 places. More babies were named Margarita in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Margarita a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Margarita in the US.
Where is Margarita most popular?
In 2021–2025, Margarita was most common in California (0.15 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Florida.