Margherita

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Margherita is an Italian feminine given name. It also is a surname. As a word, in Italian it means "daisy". The name is related to Margaret.

From Wikipedia

Margherita first appears in the data in 1892 and has been recorded in 97 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1926 with 25 babies (rank #1,697 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Margherita

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

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,155

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Margherita

Margherita Hacksecularist · b. 1922
Margherita Sarfattiart critic · b. 1880
Margherita Buyfilm actor · b. 1962

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1892	5	#1,582
1898	8	#1,338
1905	5	#2,126
1906	8	#1,508
1907	8	#1,591
1908	7	#1,780
1909	5	#2,414
1911	9	#1,739
1912	6	#2,843
1913	15	#1,576
1914	12	#2,085
1915	21	#1,659
1916	16	#2,088
1917	20	#1,816
1918	13	#2,618
1919	20	#1,898
1920	20	#1,991
1921	16	#2,342
1922	17	#2,244
1923	19	#2,065
1924	17	#2,275
1925	22	#1,877
1926	25	#1,697
1927	23	#1,804
1928	16	#2,255
1929	12	#2,675
1930	13	#2,508
1931	9	#3,139
1932	9	#3,189
1933	9	#3,032
1934	12	#2,518
1936	11	#2,632
1937	12	#2,522
1938	11	#2,681
1939	10	#2,855
1940	5	#4,788
1941	16	#2,152
1942	10	#3,131
1943	13	#2,650
1944	7	#3,933
1946	13	#2,828
1947	12	#3,167
1948	17	#2,460
1949	8	#4,108
1950	9	#3,850
1951	11	#3,408
1952	19	#2,472
1953	16	#2,770
1954	11	#3,620
1955	5	#6,389
1956	10	#4,071
1957	11	#3,844
1958	16	#3,042
1959	19	#2,720
1960	17	#3,056
1961	11	#4,153
1962	15	#3,377
1963	11	#4,171
1964	9	#4,843
1965	21	#2,721
1966	12	#3,863
1967	25	#2,472
1968	17	#3,255
1969	16	#3,551
1970	15	#3,977
1971	16	#3,880
1972	7	#6,985
1973	13	#4,499
1974	16	#3,961
1975	11	#5,365
1976	9	#6,381
1977	16	#4,344
1978	9	#6,715
1979	10	#6,493
1980	11	#6,161
1981	13	#5,455
1982	9	#7,243
1983	17	#4,400
1985	7	#8,894
1986	8	#8,193
1987	7	#9,413
1989	7	#10,402
1990	5	#14,347
1991	11	#7,758
1992	6	#12,733
1993	6	#12,815
1994	7	#11,301
1996	5	#14,931
1997	10	#8,777
1998	8	#10,750
2001	9	#10,678
2004	7	#13,672
2009	10	#11,192
2012	6	#16,176
2019	5	#17,105
2021	10	#10,037
2022	6	#14,670