Marget
Feminine · “pearl”
Marget is Margaret with its middle syllable dropped, as the name is often said aloud. It is two quick syllables, plain and old-fashioned.
How old is the name Marget?
Marget first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Marget alive today was born around 1926, making them about 99 years old. About 100 people named Marget are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marget most popular?
Marget peaked in 1883, reaching #817 nationally. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
From margaritēs to Marget
The story of Marget
Margaret has been one of the great names of English for a thousand years, and in everyday speech it is often said in two syllables, MAR-grit. Marget writes a version of that saying, and it appears on birth records of an earlier America. No record explains who first chose the spelling, and beyond it the name has Margaret's history.
Meaning
pearl, through Margaret
Margaret comes from Greek margaritēs, pearl. Marget is a spelling that writes the name as it is often spoken, in two syllables.
How the name formed
- margaritēs
- Margaret
- Marget
Related forms: Margaret
Pronouncing Marget
MAR-git
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Marget
Limited
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
- 1882
- Most girls named
- 192222 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #817reached in 1883
- Change vs 1965
- −16.7%5 in 1975, from 6
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.
Marget in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Margaret in English — spelling variant
Margets among us
people named Marget 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
Marget 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
- It carries a classic name with a lovely meaning.
- Maggie is a ready short form.
- People will write Margaret or read it as Mar-jet.
- It sounds very old-fashioned to many ears.
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Frequently asked
- How many Margets are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Marget are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marget in 2025?
- Marget is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Marget with classmates?
- Marget 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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