Margarita

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Margarita is a feminine given name in Latin and Eastern European languages. In Latin it came from the Greek word margaritari, meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persians. The daisy flower is called margarita in Spanish, Greek and other languages.

From Wikipedia

Margarita first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1957 with 594 babies (rank #372 that year). In 2024 it was given to 111 girls (rank #1,808). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Margarita

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Margarita yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

40,316

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

594

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Margarita

Margarita Salasmolecular biologist · b. 1938
Margarita Xhepafilm actor · b. 1932

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	5	#904
1881	7	#724
1883	6	#882
1884	11	#665
1885	7	#891
1886	16	#565
1887	8	#914
1888	9	#935
1889	15	#676
1890	14	#748
1891	19	#620
1892	21	#632
1893	21	#640
1894	24	#604
1895	22	#676
1896	22	#680
1897	32	#525
1898	23	#689
1899	30	#560
1900	35	#597
1901	30	#572
1902	27	#646
1903	40	#510
1904	51	#460
1905	40	#551
1906	53	#469
1907	49	#516
1908	50	#516
1909	56	#504
1910	60	#530
1911	70	#494
1912	85	#528
1913	100	#510
1914	103	#551
1915	130	#564
1916	138	#572
1917	153	#543
1918	179	#514
1919	190	#486
1920	254	#416
1921	274	#408
1922	246	#424
1923	280	#402
1924	275	#424
1925	279	#414
1926	300	#397
1927	306	#394
1928	316	#380
1929	343	#353
1930	318	#384
1931	302	#369
1932	255	#409
1933	214	#439
1934	251	#414
1935	261	#400
1936	254	#401
1937	240	#417
1938	252	#423
1939	235	#439
1940	262	#423
1941	259	#426
1942	280	#434
1943	302	#422
1944	260	#450
1945	292	#417
1946	357	#404
1947	376	#418
1948	460	#368
1949	498	#350
1950	535	#334
1951	501	#357
1952	520	#362
1953	554	#359
1954	568	#365
1955	553	#375
1956	522	#393
1957	594	#372
1958	574	#384
1959	531	#410
1960	499	#436
1961	543	#419
1962	539	#421
1963	528	#420
1964	551	#415
1965	495	#419
1966	566	#382
1967	524	#397
1968	537	#402
1969	528	#418
1970	501	#439
1971	517	#411
1972	456	#424
1973	463	#423
1974	488	#411
1975	488	#413
1976	503	#402
1977	474	#429
1978	449	#444
1979	421	#485
1980	460	#465
1981	475	#454
1982	461	#460
1983	442	#461
1984	399	#497
1985	397	#511
1986	439	#489
1987	369	#545
1988	394	#553
1989	465	#506
1990	528	#464
1991	573	#447
1992	532	#463
1993	523	#483
1994	511	#487
1995	458	#526
1996	465	#511
1997	467	#514
1998	394	#610
1999	367	#642
2000	378	#654
2001	360	#690
2002	333	#733
2003	289	#845
2004	259	#931
2005	270	#923
2006	276	#948
2007	245	#1,072
2008	229	#1,129
2009	209	#1,202
2010	169	#1,375
2011	165	#1,388
2012	144	#1,535
2013	145	#1,521
2014	132	#1,632
2015	125	#1,702
2016	134	#1,632
2017	125	#1,712
2018	107	#1,883
2019	110	#1,848
2020	88	#2,091
2021	95	#2,037
2022	112	#1,826
2023	114	#1,788
2024	111	#1,808