Margret
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-gret
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Margret is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Margret mean?
Greek: Icelandic and German form of Margaret
“pearl”
Variant of Margaret, from Greek margarites 'pearl'.
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Is Margret a girl's or a boy's name?
Margret is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Margret in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Margret, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 214 girls.
2025 had more girls named Margret than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Margret in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Margret in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,474 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,912 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,689 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,760 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,589 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,544 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,465 |
| 1968 | 72 | #1,301 |
| 1967 | 79 | #1,196 |
| 1966 | 88 | #1,129 |
| 1965 | 70 | #1,292 |
| 1964 | 102 | #1,078 |
| 1963 | 92 | #1,139 |
| 1962 | 91 | #1,145 |
| 1961 | 91 | #1,154 |
| 1960 | 83 | #1,191 |
| 1959 | 72 | #1,261 |
| 1958 | 95 | #1,074 |
| 1957 | 87 | #1,123 |
| 1956 | 99 | #1,026 |
| 1955 | 100 | #998 |
| 1954 | 113 | #904 |
| 1953 | 124 | #831 |
| 1952 | 128 | #799 |
| 1951 | 105 | #875 |
| 1950 | 131 | #754 |
| 1949 | 143 | #707 |
| 1948 | 108 | #841 |
| 1947 | 122 | #779 |
| 1946 | 105 | #805 |
| 1945 | 85 | #819 |
| 1944 | 97 | #774 |
| 1943 | 108 | #745 |
| 1942 | 104 | #739 |
| 1941 | 87 | #773 |
| 1940 | 102 | #686 |
| 1939 | 107 | #655 |
| 1938 | 110 | #653 |
| 1937 | 123 | #606 |
| 1936 | 81 | #739 |
| 1935 | 121 | #591 |
| 1934 | 113 | #625 |
| 1933 | 122 | #582 |
| 1932 | 143 | #545 |
| 1931 | 136 | #561 |
| 1930 | 181 | #495 |
| 1929 | 153 | #551 |
| 1928 | 163 | #545 |
| 1927 | 199 | #494 |
| 1926 | 194 | #501 |
| 1925 | 172 | #547 |
| 1924 | 196 | #507 |
| 1923 | 177 | #533 |
| 1922 | 198 | #491 |
| 1921 | 214 | #472 |
| 1920 | 184 | #515 |
| 1919 | 177 | #510 |
| 1918 | 199 | #479 |
| 1917 | 168 | #512 |
| 1916 | 162 | #513 |
| 1915 | 111 | #624 |
| 1914 | 119 | #511 |
| 1913 | 84 | #559 |
| 1912 | 90 | #503 |
| 1911 | 59 | #548 |
| 1910 | 67 | #495 |
| 1909 | 44 | #580 |
| 1908 | 56 | #479 |
| 1907 | 51 | #500 |
| 1906 | 47 | #506 |
| 1905 | 51 | #476 |
| 1904 | 37 | #545 |
| 1903 | 37 | #527 |
| 1902 | 33 | #571 |
| 1901 | 32 | #538 |
| 1900 | 49 | #481 |
| 1899 | 33 | #514 |
| 1898 | 34 | #544 |
| 1897 | 30 | #537 |
| 1896 | 39 | #462 |
| 1895 | 36 | #488 |
| 1894 | 30 | #527 |
| 1893 | 31 | #487 |
| 1892 | 33 | #471 |
| 1891 | 39 | #395 |
| 1890 | 34 | #435 |
| 1889 | 28 | #468 |
| 1888 | 46 | #349 |
| 1887 | 22 | #471 |
| 1886 | 25 | #432 |
| 1885 | 39 | #324 |
| 1884 | 32 | #349 |
| 1883 | 30 | #324 |
| 1882 | 39 | #285 |
| 1881 | 22 | #346 |
| 1880 | 24 | #326 |
Nicknames for Margret
Names like Margret
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mary, Helen, Georgia, Marie, Maggie, Martha, Mabel, Cleo, Lena, Irene, Alice, Annie
Names related to Margret
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, “Margret: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/margret, updated 20 October 2026.