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Marguerite

Gender
Girl
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,485 for girls

Marguerite is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,485th for girls in the US (71 babies).

What does Marguerite mean?

French

“pearl”

A female given name from French.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Marguerite is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 71 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marguerite in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,776th among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 85% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Marguerite, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Marguerite in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 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 3,704th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 9 in 20082025
Marguerite in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20249#2,832
20239#2,841
20226#3,728
20214#4,864
20200–
20199#2,792
20184#4,914
20174#4,967
20163#6,009
20158#3,114
20146#3,702
20134#4,953
20126#3,881
20115#4,244
20104#4,931
20094#4,795
20089#2,663
20073#5,415
20064#4,357
20057#2,806
20040–
20036#2,877
20020–
20010–
20000–
19996#2,559
19985#2,855
19977#2,281
19964#3,289

How popular is Marguerite in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,485th among girls
Babies in 2025
71 about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 71 girls in the US were named Marguerite, making it the 2,485th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 3,249 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Marguerite than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Marguerite in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1941, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 3,249 in 19182025
Marguerite in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202571#2,485
202475#2,413
202380#2,288
202275#2,425
202180#2,286
202071#2,441
201979#2,285
201879#2,302
201791#2,108
201676#2,426
201580#2,318
201474#2,442
201372#2,484
201267#2,654
201167#2,637
201077#2,427
200971#2,591
200889#2,218
200782#2,328
200684#2,267
200574#2,375
2004103#1,834
2003106#1,768
2002101#1,778
2001107#1,684
2000112#1,575
1999106#1,578
1998114#1,491
1997110#1,488
1996112#1,464
1995120#1,367
1994134#1,266
199395#1,601
1992108#1,459
1991134#1,253
1990124#1,303
1989125#1,256
1988129#1,177
1987130#1,136
1986117#1,199
1985113#1,219
1984121#1,133
1983123#1,106
198291#1,357
1981114#1,165
198090#1,380
197997#1,294
1978100#1,241
1977104#1,183
1976113#1,078
1975119#1,012
1974105#1,107
1973115#1,015
1972127#958
1971127#988
1970187#769
1969175#766
1968194#697
1967228#629
1966292#553
1965361#501
1964389#495
1963385#494
1962461#447
1961507#439
1960518#430
1959555#398
1958610#369
1957680#347
1956654#343
1955721#319
1954789#300
1953832#287
1952841#278
1951848#270
1950904#250
1949900#254
1948915#247
1947853#256
1946800#251
1945692#254
1944762#236
1943846#231
1942813#236
1941778#224
1940757#220
1939768#216
1938826#209
1937805#205
1936792#207
1935829#207
1934933#188
1933895#190
19321,000#182
19311,191#157
19301,289#159
19291,361#155
19281,584#147
19271,695#143
19261,869#137
19252,061#132
19242,249#125
19232,357#115
19222,657#106
19212,897#98
19203,055#93
19192,836#96
19183,249#86
19173,161#78
19163,034#78
19152,687#84
19142,050#84
19131,822#78
19121,620#79
19111,113#87
19101,086#84
19091,036#81
1908913#88
1907888#87
1906791#89
1905753#90
1904684#94
1903667#91
1902695#90
1901699#83
1900786#86
1899693#83
1898800#79
1897728#78
1896725#78
1895680#81
1894624#83
1893638#79
1892535#91
1891511#84
1890442#96
1889315#120
1888235#141
1887178#144
1886125#181
188586#208
188495#184
188370#209
188252#239
188152#208
188048#223

Names like Marguerite

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

Florence, Beatrice, Matilda, Rose, Mabel, Olive, Elsie, Alice, Rosa, Rosie, Lottie, Eloise

Names related to Marguerite

Margaret, Margarita, Margherita, Margareth, Margarette, Margarett

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