Margret
Feminine · “pearl”
Margret is Margaret with the middle vowel gone — a spelling that records how English speakers have actually said the name for six hundred years, in two syllables rather than three.
How old is the name Margret?
Margret was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Margret alive today was born around 1933, making them about 92 years old. About 4,300 people named Margret are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Margret most popular?
Margret peaked in 1882, reaching #285 nationally. Today it ranks #5722, 5,437 places below that high. See the whole 1882 chart.
Where it comes from
From margarites to Margret
The story of Margret
Margaret was one of the three or four commonest women's names in England for six hundred years, and a name that common is said quickly — so the unstressed middle vowel disappears in ordinary speech. Medieval records already show Marget and Margret, and the spelling continued into American registers, where it appears in real numbers rather than as scattered errors, peaking around 1918.
Meaning
pearl
From the Greek margarites, 'pearl', which Greek borrowed from an eastern language and passed to every European one. The pearl reading is old and undisputed, which is why so many medieval Margarets appear in art holding one.
How the name formed
- margarites
- Margareta
- Margaret
- Margret
Related forms: Margret · Margrét · Margaret · Margrethe
Pronouncing Margret
MAR-grit
Two syllables, stress on the first. This spelling records the ordinary spoken form; Margaret is written with three.
Nicknames for Margret
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
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1921214 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #285reached in 1882
- Change vs 2022
- +133.3%21 in 2025, 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.
Margret in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Margret in German — same name
- Margrét in Icelandic — related form
- Margaret in English — spelling variant
- Margrethe in Danish — related form
Margrets among us
people named Margret are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 76,537 born in 2025 was named Margret
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Margret sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Margret beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Margret in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The pearl meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- The spelling is a genuine historical and continental one, not a modern trimming.
- Maggie, Greta, Meg and Peg are all available as short forms with their own records.
- Margaret is overwhelmingly the standard English spelling and this one will read as a variant.
- It is period-coded to the early twentieth century in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Margrets are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,300 people named Margret are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Margret in 2025?
- Margret ranks #5722 among US girl names in 2025, with 21 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Margret?
- About 1 in every 76,537 US girls born in 2025 was named Margret — 21 in all.
- Will my child share the name Margret with classmates?
- Margret will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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