Margarito
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mar-gah-REE-toh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Margarito is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Margarito mean?
Greek: Spanish masculine form of Margarita
“pearl”
A Spanish masculine form of Margarita, from Greek margarites, pearl, used mainly in Mexico.
Is Margarito a girl's or a boy's name?
Margarito is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Margarito in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,044th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Margarito, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1928, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had more boys named Margarito than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Margarito in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Margarito in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 57 | #1,598 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,593 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,522 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,281 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,530 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,533 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,394 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1980 | 50 | #1,324 |
| 1979 | 43 | #1,421 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,431 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,215 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,186 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,177 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,352 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,198 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,337 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,321 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,251 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,100 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,128 |
| 1955 | 59 | #975 |
| 1954 | 61 | #945 |
| 1953 | 54 | #974 |
| 1952 | 53 | #980 |
| 1951 | 65 | #866 |
| 1950 | 73 | #796 |
| 1949 | 57 | #910 |
| 1948 | 51 | #971 |
| 1947 | 65 | #860 |
| 1946 | 65 | #812 |
| 1945 | 63 | #775 |
| 1944 | 52 | #878 |
| 1943 | 48 | #969 |
| 1942 | 54 | #900 |
| 1941 | 49 | #905 |
| 1940 | 56 | #841 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 51 | #869 |
| 1937 | 42 | #967 |
| 1936 | 50 | #861 |
| 1935 | 49 | #903 |
| 1934 | 61 | #792 |
| 1933 | 55 | #834 |
| 1932 | 57 | #841 |
| 1931 | 66 | #768 |
| 1930 | 60 | #841 |
| 1929 | 75 | #721 |
| 1928 | 85 | #685 |
| 1927 | 82 | #716 |
| 1926 | 59 | #872 |
| 1925 | 61 | #851 |
| 1924 | 60 | #897 |
| 1923 | 73 | #769 |
| 1922 | 70 | #801 |
| 1921 | 78 | #750 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,004 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,047 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,035 |
| 1917 | 42 | #1,003 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,137 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 14 | #822 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
Names like Margarito
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angelo, Mario, Pedro, Manuel, Alejandro, Mariano, Armando, Roberto, Marcelino, Arturo, Alfonso, Marco
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Margarito: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/margarito, updated 20 October 2026.