Margarita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-ga-REE-ta
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,880 for girls
Margarita is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).
What does Margarita mean?
Greek: Spanish, Russian and Greek form of Margaret
“pearl”
Form of Margaret used in Spain, Russia and Greece; in Spanish, margarita is also the word for daisy.
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Is Margarita a girl's or a boy's name?
Margarita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 104 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Margarita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Margarita, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Margarita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Margarita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Margarita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,880th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Margarita, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,078th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 594 girls.
Half of all the girls named Margarita in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Margarita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,880 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,810 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,078 |
| 2019 | 110 | #1,844 |
| 2018 | 107 | #1,878 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,703 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 125 | #1,695 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,624 |
| 2013 | 145 | #1,514 |
| 2012 | 144 | #1,530 |
| 2011 | 165 | #1,382 |
| 2010 | 169 | #1,372 |
| 2009 | 209 | #1,198 |
| 2008 | 229 | #1,126 |
| 2007 | 245 | #1,069 |
| 2006 | 276 | #946 |
| 2005 | 270 | #920 |
| 2004 | 259 | #930 |
| 2003 | 289 | #843 |
| 2002 | 333 | #731 |
| 2001 | 360 | #690 |
| 2000 | 378 | #653 |
| 1999 | 367 | #642 |
| 1998 | 394 | #610 |
| 1997 | 467 | #514 |
| 1996 | 465 | #511 |
| 1995 | 458 | #526 |
| 1994 | 511 | #487 |
| 1993 | 522 | #483 |
| 1992 | 533 | #462 |
| 1991 | 573 | #447 |
| 1990 | 528 | #463 |
| 1989 | 465 | #506 |
| 1988 | 394 | #553 |
| 1987 | 369 | #544 |
| 1986 | 439 | #489 |
| 1985 | 397 | #511 |
| 1984 | 399 | #497 |
| 1983 | 442 | #461 |
| 1982 | 461 | #460 |
| 1981 | 475 | #454 |
| 1980 | 460 | #460 |
| 1979 | 421 | #485 |
| 1978 | 449 | #443 |
| 1977 | 474 | #427 |
| 1976 | 503 | #402 |
| 1975 | 487 | #413 |
| 1974 | 488 | #411 |
| 1973 | 462 | #423 |
| 1972 | 456 | #422 |
| 1971 | 517 | #411 |
| 1970 | 501 | #439 |
| 1969 | 528 | #416 |
| 1968 | 537 | #402 |
| 1967 | 524 | #397 |
| 1966 | 566 | #382 |
| 1965 | 495 | #419 |
| 1964 | 551 | #414 |
| 1963 | 529 | #420 |
| 1962 | 538 | #421 |
| 1961 | 543 | #418 |
| 1960 | 499 | #436 |
| 1959 | 531 | #410 |
| 1958 | 574 | #384 |
| 1957 | 594 | #372 |
| 1956 | 522 | #392 |
| 1955 | 553 | #374 |
| 1954 | 568 | #363 |
| 1953 | 554 | #358 |
| 1952 | 520 | #361 |
| 1951 | 501 | #356 |
| 1950 | 535 | #334 |
| 1949 | 498 | #349 |
| 1948 | 460 | #368 |
| 1947 | 376 | #418 |
| 1946 | 357 | #404 |
| 1945 | 292 | #417 |
| 1944 | 260 | #450 |
| 1943 | 302 | #422 |
| 1942 | 280 | #433 |
| 1941 | 259 | #426 |
| 1940 | 262 | #423 |
| 1939 | 235 | #438 |
| 1938 | 252 | #423 |
| 1937 | 240 | #417 |
| 1936 | 254 | #398 |
| 1935 | 261 | #400 |
| 1934 | 251 | #414 |
| 1933 | 214 | #439 |
| 1932 | 255 | #409 |
| 1931 | 302 | #369 |
| 1930 | 318 | #383 |
| 1929 | 343 | #352 |
| 1928 | 316 | #380 |
| 1927 | 306 | #393 |
| 1926 | 300 | #397 |
| 1925 | 279 | #414 |
| 1924 | 275 | #421 |
| 1923 | 280 | #400 |
| 1922 | 246 | #424 |
| 1921 | 274 | #408 |
| 1920 | 254 | #416 |
| 1919 | 190 | #485 |
| 1918 | 179 | #513 |
| 1917 | 153 | #542 |
| 1916 | 138 | #569 |
| 1915 | 130 | #564 |
| 1914 | 103 | #550 |
| 1913 | 100 | #510 |
| 1912 | 85 | #525 |
| 1911 | 70 | #493 |
| 1910 | 60 | #528 |
| 1909 | 56 | #500 |
| 1908 | 50 | #511 |
| 1907 | 49 | #511 |
| 1906 | 53 | #465 |
| 1905 | 40 | #547 |
| 1904 | 51 | #456 |
| 1903 | 40 | #504 |
| 1902 | 27 | #642 |
| 1901 | 30 | #559 |
| 1900 | 35 | #589 |
| 1899 | 30 | #550 |
| 1898 | 23 | #679 |
| 1897 | 32 | #521 |
| 1896 | 22 | #670 |
| 1895 | 22 | #658 |
| 1894 | 24 | #597 |
| 1893 | 21 | #630 |
| 1892 | 21 | #616 |
| 1891 | 19 | #608 |
| 1890 | 14 | #727 |
| 1889 | 15 | #657 |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 16 | #556 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #679 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Nicknames for Margarita
- Rita 55 girls in the UK in 2025
- Marga
Names like Margarita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria, Martha, Sara, Lara, Rosa, Veronica, Matilda, Elena, Melissa, Theodora, Iris, Athena
Names related to Margarita
Margaret, Marguerite, Margherita, Margret, Margareth, Margarette, Margarett
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Margarita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/margarita, updated 20 October 2026.