Margot
Girl · MAR-goh · Greek
Margot is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 32nd for girls in the UK (1,319 babies) and 102nd for girls in the US (2,575 babies).
What does Margot mean?
Greek: French pet form of Marguerite
“pearl”
French pet form of Marguerite; Margot Fonteyn was one of Britain's greatest ballerinas.
- Say it
- MAR-goh
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Is Margot a girl's or a boy's name?
Margot is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,319 girls in the UK and 2,575 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Margot in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #32among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,319about 1 in 210 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 103% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 6.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,319 girls in the UK were named Margot, making it the 32nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 85th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Margot of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Margot in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,545 girls in the UK were given Margot or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #28, up from #32 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 30th in England and Wales, 79th in Scotland and 52nd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#28).
Margot in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,319 | #32 |
| 2024 | 1,314 | #34 |
| 2023 | 1,087 | #48 |
| 2022 | 856 | #63 |
| 2021 | 930 | #61 |
| 2020 | 682 | #85 |
| 2019 | 597 | #98 |
| 2018 | 552 | #105 |
| 2017 | 366 | #169 |
| 2016 | 299 | #201 |
| 2015 | 182 | #290 |
| 2014 | 105 | #458 |
| 2013 | 57 | #752 |
| 2012 | 67 | #677 |
| 2011 | 50 | #798 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 29 | #982 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Margot in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #102among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,575about 1 in 620 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,575 girls in the US were named Margot, making it the 102nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 234th. It first appears in the records in 1894.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Margot of any year since it first appeared, in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Margot in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,306 girls in the US were given Margot or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #91, up from #102 for this spelling alone.
Margot in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,575 | #102 |
| 2024 | 2,227 | #127 |
| 2023 | 1,933 | #148 |
| 2022 | 1,527 | #193 |
| 2021 | 1,530 | #194 |
| 2020 | 1,269 | #234 |
| 2019 | 1,065 | #304 |
| 2018 | 882 | #358 |
| 2017 | 860 | #363 |
| 2016 | 745 | #433 |
| 2015 | 505 | #592 |
| 2014 | 377 | #741 |
| 2013 | 268 | #941 |
| 2012 | 237 | #1,060 |
| 2011 | 185 | #1,280 |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,456 |
| 2009 | 159 | #1,463 |
| 2008 | 144 | #1,583 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,672 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,833 |
| 2005 | 96 | #1,982 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,780 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,533 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,883 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,881 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 107 | #1,549 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,731 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,517 |
| 1995 | 91 | #1,622 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,723 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,536 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,504 |
| 1991 | 101 | #1,531 |
| 1990 | 87 | #1,684 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,583 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,476 |
| 1987 | 101 | #1,348 |
| 1986 | 104 | #1,293 |
| 1985 | 112 | #1,226 |
| 1984 | 104 | #1,238 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,328 |
| 1982 | 115 | #1,187 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 91 | #1,373 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,678 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,598 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,585 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,713 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,881 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,502 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 86 | #1,270 |
| 1969 | 96 | #1,129 |
| 1968 | 92 | #1,114 |
| 1967 | 93 | #1,081 |
| 1966 | 106 | #991 |
| 1965 | 112 | #973 |
| 1964 | 135 | #896 |
| 1963 | 148 | #861 |
| 1962 | 153 | #852 |
| 1961 | 133 | #929 |
| 1960 | 140 | #877 |
| 1959 | 118 | #970 |
| 1958 | 93 | #1,088 |
| 1957 | 104 | #1,025 |
| 1956 | 103 | #1,006 |
| 1955 | 114 | #921 |
| 1954 | 105 | #939 |
| 1953 | 136 | #786 |
| 1952 | 127 | #806 |
| 1951 | 133 | #764 |
| 1950 | 97 | #899 |
| 1949 | 110 | #842 |
| 1948 | 129 | #746 |
| 1947 | 96 | #906 |
| 1946 | 106 | #802 |
| 1945 | 133 | #631 |
| 1944 | 107 | #732 |
| 1943 | 134 | #654 |
| 1942 | 131 | #653 |
| 1941 | 135 | #607 |
| 1940 | 125 | #629 |
| 1939 | 119 | #619 |
| 1938 | 138 | #586 |
| 1937 | 126 | #599 |
| 1936 | 130 | #578 |
| 1935 | 113 | #612 |
| 1934 | 124 | #582 |
| 1933 | 107 | #633 |
| 1932 | 88 | #719 |
| 1931 | 67 | #838 |
| 1930 | 98 | #695 |
| 1929 | 71 | #842 |
| 1928 | 53 | #1,029 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,139 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,198 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1920 | 55 | #989 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,216 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,184 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,317 |
| 1914 | 36 | #988 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,308 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,080 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,113 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
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