Margot
Feminine · “pearl”
Margot began as the French household form of Marguerite — the everyday name you used at home for a name that meant pearl. It has been shortened that way since the Middle Ages, and the silent final t has survived every crossing of the Channel and the Atlantic. Two syllables, a soft open ending, and nothing left over to trim.
How old is the name Margot?
Margot first appears in US birth records in 1894 — 131 years ago. The typical Margot is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 23,000 people named Margot are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Margot most popular?
Margot peaked in 2025, reaching #102 nationally. Today it ranks #102, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From Margarites to Margot
The story of Margot
The root is the Greek margarites, pearl, which passed into Latin as margarita and into medieval French as Marguerite — a name spread widely across Europe by the cult of Saint Margaret. Margot arose as its clipped familiar form in French and stuck there for centuries: Marguerite de Valois, the sixteenth-century queen of Navarre, was known as la reine Margot, and Dumas used exactly that title for his novel in 1845. English speakers borrowed the French form directly rather than reinventing it, which is why the t stays silent and the spelling stays French. It has kept a foothold in French, British and Canadian records as well as American ones, so it crosses borders without needing translation.
Meaning
pearl
The pearl sense comes through Marguerite from Latin margarita and Greek margarites. In French, marguerite is also the word for a daisy, so the flower travels alongside the name.
Cultural footprint
Margot Robbie (b. 1990) — Barbie herself — and an Oscar-nominated producer
Margot Fonteyn (b. 1919) — Prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet
Margot Frank (b. 1926) — Anne Frank's older sister
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
How the name formed
- Margarites
- Margarita
- Marguerite
- Margot
Related forms: Marguerite · Margaret · Margaux · Margherita · Margarita · Margarete
Pronouncing Margot
MAR-go
The final t is silent, following the French. A hard-t reading (MAR-got) turns up occasionally in English and is worth deciding on early, since the spelling invites both.
Nicknames for Margot
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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
- 1894
- Most girls named
- 20252,575 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #102reached in 2025
- Change vs 2022
- +68.6%2,575 in 2025, from 1,527
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.
Margot in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Marguerite in French — related form
- Margaret in English — related form
- Margaux in French — spelling variant
- Margherita in Italian — related form
- Margarita in Spanish — related form
- Margarete in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York. INSEE rounds every published count to the nearest five for statistical confidentiality; the ranks are calculated from the exact figures. International figures from Office for National Statistics, INSEE, Statistics Canada, National Records of Scotland. Sources
Margots among us
people named Margot are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 624 born in 2025 was named Margot
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Becky test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Margot's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Becky climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Becky's path sketches the road Margot is walking now.
Margot is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Margot is headed
Margot looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 31% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Margot beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Margot in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two syllables, stress on the first, and no cluster of consonants to trip over when said aloud.
- Already a short form, so it needs no nickname to work in daily life.
- Belongs to one of Europe's largest name families — Marguerite, Margaret, Margherita, Margarita all connect back to it.
- Charts in France, Britain, Canada and Scotland as well as the US, so it travels without being reshaped.
- The alternate spelling Margo is widely recognized, which gives parents a plain-English option with the same sound.
- The silent t means a lifetime of small corrections: Margot, Margo and Margaux all sound the same, and people will guess wrong in both directions.
- The name is climbing quickly, so a child born now may meet more Margots than today's numbers suggest — the classroom picture tends to lag the trend by a few years.
- In recent memory the name is strongly attached to one very visible actor, which can mean an association-by-reflex for a while. Fame moves on; the name predates it by centuries.
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Feminine · #102 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Margots are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 23,000 people named Margot are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Margot in 2025?
- Margot ranks #102 among US girl names in 2025, with 2,575 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Margot?
- About 1 in every 624 US girls born in 2025 was named Margot — 2,575 in all.
- Will my child share the name Margot with classmates?
- Margot will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Margot
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration; international figures from national statistics agencies. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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