Margaret
Quick answers about Margaret
How many people are named Margaret?
An estimated 466,262 living Americans are named Margaret.
How rare is Margaret?
Margaret is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 2,436 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 91.4% from its 1921 peak. It was the #112 girls’ name in 2025.
How old is the typical Margaret?
The median age of a living American named Margaret is approximately 68 years, with most bearers falling between 46 and 78 years old.
Is Margaret still popular?
No. Margaret is endangered as a baby name, down 91.4% from its 1921 peak with 2,436 births in 2025.
Where is Margaret most common?
Margaret has its strongest geographic signal in District of Columbia, where it appeared 6.1× more often than the national baseline in the 2020s.
Margaret is most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 6.1× the national rate in the 2020s.
States where Margaret is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.