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Marguita

Feminine · “pearl (if from Margarita)”

1948high 1983
Rare todaygiven to only a few children a year
rare

Marguita is spelled the way Spanish writes a pet form of Marga, the everyday short form of Margarita: to keep the g hard before -ita, Spanish slips in a u that is not sounded. It also sits one letter from Marquita, and the two are easy to confuse on paper.

How old is the name Marguita?

Marguita first appears in US birth records in 1948 — 77 years ago. The typical Marguita alive today was born around 1983, making them about 42 years old. About 500 people named Marguita are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Marguita most popular?

Marguita peaked in 1983, reaching #1030 nationally. See the whole 1983 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Marguita

Margarita is the Spanish Margaret, and Spanish shortens it to Marga and then adds -ita for affection, which by the rules of Spanish spelling comes out Marguita, said mar-GEE-tah. Marquita, the name it most resembles, is a separate name, and a single stroke of the pen turns one into the other. Nothing records which of them each Marguita in the American record began as.

Meaningscholars disagree

pearl (if from Margarita)

If Marguita is the Spanish pet form of Margarita, it carries the Greek margarites, a pearl. If it is Marquita with a g, it has no documented meaning, since Marquita's own source is not recorded. The record does not say which a family meant.

How the name formed

  1. margaritesGreek: pearl
  2. MargaritaSpanish
  3. Marga
  4. Marguita

Related forms: Margarita · Margaret

Pronouncing Marguita

mar-GEE-tah

By Spanish rules the u is silent and the g hard; English readers often sound the u, mar-GWEE-tah, and some families intend the Marquita sound, mar-KEE-tah.

Nicknames for Marguita

Limited

MargaThe Spanish short form of Margarita, used on its own
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1948–2025136680136919481990

US babies named Marguita per year from 1948 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#10301940s1990s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1948
Most girls named
1983136 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1030reached in 1983
Change vs 1989
−30.8%9 in 1990, from 13
Marguita sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1983, with 136 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Marguita in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Margarita in Spanish — related form
  • Margaret in English — related form

Marguitas among us

500

people named Marguita are estimated to be alive in the US today

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

Fashion outlook

Marguita 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

Practical strengths
  • A regular Spanish pet form, if it comes from Marga.
  • Can carry the pearl of Margarita, one of the most widespread names in Europe.
  • Three clear syllables.
What to consider
  • The u will be sounded by English readers and the name corrected to Marquita, so the intended pronunciation needs stating early.
  • Its meaning depends on which name it came from, and the family itself is best placed to say.

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Frequently asked

How many Marguitas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Marguita are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Marguita in 2025?
Marguita is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
Will my child share the name Marguita with classmates?
Marguita will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.

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