Name profile

Margarita

Latin form of Margaret.

PronunciationSpanish /maɾ.ɣa.ˈɾi.ta/; Russian /mər.ɡɐ.ˈrʲi.tə/; American English /ˌmɑɹ.ɡə.ˈɹi.tə/; British English /ˌmɑː.ɡə.ˈɹiː.tə/
Usage languagesAlbanian, Ancient Roman, Bulgarian, Dutch, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish
US rank (2025)#1,880

Meaning and history

Latin form of Margaret; it is also the Spanish word for the daisy flower, including species such as Bellis perennis and Leucanthemum vulgare.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 276 births, rank #946
2007: 245 births, rank #1,069
2008: 229 births, rank #1,126
2009: 209 births, rank #1,198
2010: 169 births, rank #1,372
20112011: 165 births, rank #1,382
2012: 144 births, rank #1,530
2013: 145 births, rank #1,514
2014: 132 births, rank #1,624
2015: 125 births, rank #1,695
20162016: 134 births, rank #1,628
2017: 125 births, rank #1,703
2018: 107 births, rank #1,878
2019: 110 births, rank #1,844
2020: 88 births, rank #2,078
20212021: 95 births, rank #2,024
2022: 112 births, rank #1,818
2023: 114 births, rank #1,780
2024: 111 births, rank #1,810
20252025: 104 births, rank #1,880

Margarita moved from #923 to #948 for girls between 2005 and 2006. Its highest annual birth count came in 1957, with 594 births.