Marguerite
Feminine · “pearl”
Marguerite is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 94,022 girls against 101 boys since 1880.
Marguerite is a pearl and a daisy at the same time. French kept the Greek word for the gem as its form of Margaret, and then gave the same word to the flower — so in France the name and the daisy are one.
How old is the name Marguerite?
Marguerite was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Marguerite alive today was born around 1921, making them about 104 years old. About 23,000 people named Marguerite are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marguerite most popular?
Marguerite peaked in 1896, reaching #78 nationally. Today it ranks #2485, 2,407 places below that high. See the whole 1896 chart.
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Where it comes from
From margarites to Marguerite
The story of Marguerite
Margaret was among the commonest women's names in medieval Europe, and each language made its own form — Marguerite in France, Margherita in Italy, Margarete in Germany. Marguerite de Navarre, the sixteenth-century writer and queen, is one of its most substantial bearers. English-speaking countries borrowed the French form, and American use peaked in the 1910s.
Meaning
pearl
From the Greek margarites, 'pearl', through the Latin Margarita and the French Marguerite. French also uses marguerite as the ordinary word for a daisy, which is why the flower and the name are inseparable there. The pearl reading is old and undisputed.
How the name formed
- margarites
- Margarita
- Marguerite
Related forms: Marguerite · Margherita · Margarita · Margarete
Pronouncing Marguerite
mar-guh-REET
Three syllables, stress on the last. French says it the same way with a lighter middle vowel.
Nicknames for Marguerite
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
- 19183,249 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #78reached in 1896
- Change vs 2022
- −5.3%71 in 2025, from 75
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.
Marguerite in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Marguerite in French — same name
- Margherita in Italian — related form
- Margarita in Spanish — related form
- Margarete in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Louisiana.
Marguerites among us
people named Marguerite are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,638 born in 2025 was named Marguerite
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
Marguerite 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
Where Marguerite is headed
Marguerite should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Marguerite beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Marguerite 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, and the daisy sense comes free with it.
- It is standard in French, and its cousins are standard across Europe.
- Margot and Daisy are two short forms that could hardly be more different.
- It is a long name in an era that has favored shorter ones.
- It is period-coded to the early twentieth century in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Marguerites 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 Marguerite are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marguerite in 2025?
- Marguerite ranks #2485 among US girl names in 2025, with 71 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Marguerite?
- About 1 in every 22,638 US girls born in 2025 was named Marguerite — 71 in all.
- Will my child share the name Marguerite with classmates?
- Marguerite will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Marguerite
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