Margherita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-geh-REE-ta
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Margherita is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Margherita mean?
Greek: Italian form of Margaret, from margarites 'pearl'
“pearl”
Pizza Margherita is said to be named after Queen Margherita of Savoy.
Is Margherita a girl's or a boy's name?
Margherita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Margherita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Margherita, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Margherita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Margherita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Nicknames for Margherita
- Rita 55 girls in the UK in 2025
- Ghita
Names like Margherita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Martha, Matilda, Rosa, Ophelia, Theodora, Cora, Ada, Dorothy, Eva, Nina, Etta, Clara
Names related to Margherita
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Margherita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/margherita, updated 20 October 2026.