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Margo

Gender
Girl
Say it
MAR-goh
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#361 for girls
US rank, 2025
#559 for girls

Margo is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 361st for girls in the UK (132 babies) and 559th for girls in the US (540 babies).

What does Margo mean?

Greek: spelling of Margot, a pet form of Marguerite

“pearl”

Spelling of Margot, a French pet form of Marguerite.

Is Margo a girl's or a boy's name?

Margo is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 132 girls in the UK and 540 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Margo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
361st among girls
Babies in 2025
132 about 1 in 2,100 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 65% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 132 girls in the UK were named Margo, making it the 361st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 550th.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Margo of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.

Half of all the girls named Margo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,545 girls in the UK were given Margo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #28, up from #361 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 357th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.

2000Busiest: 132 in 20252025
Margo in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025132#361
2024128#377
2023125#379
2022103#454
2021111#437
202080#550
201973#603
201881#569
201770#654
201637#1,037
201530#1,216
20149#2,809
20138#3,060
20124#5,058
20117#3,360
20103#5,938
20095#4,141
20084#4,742
20078#2,790
20065#3,724
20053#4,976
20044#3,916
20030–
20021#5,540
20015#2,928
20004#3,399

How popular is Margo in the US?

Rank in 2025
559th among girls
Babies in 2025
540 about 1 in 3,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 74% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 540 girls in the US were named Margo, making it the 559th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 765th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 715 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.

Half of all the girls named Margo in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,306 girls in the US were given Margo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #91, up from #559 for this spelling alone.

1905Busiest: 715 in 19542025
Margo in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025540#559
2024556#544
2023556#543
2022481#617
2021464#639
2020356#765
2019321#840
2018271#975
2017236#1,075
2016254#1,039
2015191#1,275
2014153#1,464
2013117#1,754
201294#2,047
201198#2,000
201082#2,313
200984#2,316
200898#2,078
200782#2,328
200680#2,353
200580#2,253
200485#2,115
200389#2,018
200293#1,895
200189#1,937
2000106#1,656
199994#1,717
1998108#1,541
1997108#1,502
1996108#1,496
1995116#1,407
1994127#1,328
1993143#1,209
1992134#1,271
1991126#1,310
1990153#1,126
1989173#992
1988176#952
1987148#1,044
1986137#1,088
1985147#1,023
1984147#979
1983194#802
1982222#750
1981233#714
1980164#917
1979187#833
1978176#842
1977183#819
1976175#798
1975180#783
1974215#686
1973274#580
1972294#563
1971301#581
1970286#606
1969346#529
1968335#525
1967375#492
1966371#486
1965336#521
1964410#478
1963436#464
1962464#445
1961461#455
1960422#479
1959476#440
1958469#438
1957519#405
1956512#398
1955555#373
1954715#315
1953635#330
1952677#311
1951713#295
1950615#313
1949631#307
1948488#352
1947595#321
1946482#339
1945455#316
1944434#328
1943441#337
1942487#311
1941474#297
1940304#380
1939314#371
1938316#366
1937160#521
1936115#615
193577#769
193443#1,062
193347#1,008
193245#1,056
193131#1,314
193061#937
192937#1,222
192830#1,424
192729#1,522
192629#1,513
192526#1,646
192429#1,566
192332#1,428
192230#1,508
192132#1,437
192030#1,470
191921#1,801
191821#1,805
191721#1,708
191616#2,028
19159#2,899
191414#1,818
191319#1,308
19129#1,980
19118#1,792
191013#1,267
19096#1,957
19089#1,439
19070–
19066#1,727
19055#1,930

Names like Margo

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria, Croia, Penelope, Iris, Mara, Lara, Marnie, Daphne, Penny, Lucia, Coco, Athena

Other spellings of Margo

Margot, Margaux

Names related to Margo

Margie

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Phoebe, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Maisie, Lainey

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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, “Margo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/margo, updated 20 October 2026.