Margaree
Feminine
Margaree is a name from the first half of the twentieth century that sounds like Margaret with a bright, open ending. The same word names a river valley in Cape Breton, famous among anglers for its Atlantic salmon.
How old is the name Margaree?
Margaree first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Margaree alive today was born around 1934, making them about 91 years old. About 200 people named Margaree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Margaree most popular?
Margaree peaked in 1934, reaching #1556 nationally. See the whole 1934 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Margaree
The Margaree River runs through a valley of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia settled by Scottish Gaelic speakers, and for well over a century anglers have come to fish its runs of Atlantic salmon with the fly; the valley is still one of the places where Gaelic song is kept. Margaree the name may have come from there, or simply from Margaret given a new, lighter ending. Either way it sounds like somewhere green and moving.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Margaree may be Margaret or Marjorie reshaped, or the Cape Breton place name used as a given name; nothing records which.
Pronouncing Margaree
MAR-guh-ree
Three syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Margaree
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 193423 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1556reached in 1934
- Change vs 1958
- −22.2%7 in 1959, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Margarees among us
people named Margaree are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Margaree sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Close to Margaret, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Maggie as a ready short form.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- People will write Margery or Marjorie.
- It reads as an early-twentieth-century name.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Margarees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Margaree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Margaree in 2025?
- Margaree is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Margaree with classmates?
- Margaree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More M names
The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
Mary#125 · Margaret#112 · Michelle#465 · Melissa#419 · Maria#87 · Martha#712 · Marie#617 · Mildred#1962
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