Marigold
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MARR-i-gohld
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,085 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #590 for girls
Marigold is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Mary's gold”. In 2025 it ranked 1,085th for girls in the UK (33 babies) and 590th for girls in the US (498 babies).
What does Marigold mean?
English: flower name
“Mary's gold”
The flower's name combines Mary, for the Virgin Mary, with gold, for its colour.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Marigold a girl's or a boy's name?
Marigold is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the UK and 498 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marigold in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,085among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 8,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 222% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were named Marigold, making it the 1,085th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Marigold of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Marigold in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,028th in England and Wales.
Marigold in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #1,085 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Marigold in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #590among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 498about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 134% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 498 girls in the US were named Marigold, making it the 590th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,093rd. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 14 years. 2025 had the most girls named Marigold of any year since it first appeared, in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Marigold in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marigold in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 498 | #590 |
| 2024 | 411 | #689 |
| 2023 | 397 | #712 |
| 2022 | 340 | #822 |
| 2021 | 252 | #1,012 |
| 2020 | 223 | #1,093 |
| 2019 | 177 | #1,295 |
| 2018 | 158 | #1,413 |
| 2017 | 131 | #1,643 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,093 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Marigold: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marigold, updated 20 October 2026.