Feminine dossier · first seen 1892

Margherita

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1926

Peak era

1926

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

Quick answers about Margherita

How many people are named Margherita?

An estimated 539 living Americans are named Margherita.

How rare is Margherita?

Margherita fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

How old is the typical Margherita?

The median age of a living American named Margherita is approximately 55 years, with most bearers falling between 41 and 65 years old.

Is Margherita still popular?

Not especially. Margherita has been declining since its 1926 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Where is Margherita most common?

Margherita has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 5.7× more often than the national baseline.

1892Peak 19262025

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

1,155

Margherita last appeared in SSA records in 2022. Across its recorded history, about 1,155 American girls received the name.

Margherita peaked in 1926, when 25 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 1,155 Americans named Margherita since 1892.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1926

Living profile

616

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age57

Core range43–68

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Glacier

A long-duration classic distributed across many generations.

Geographic heartland

New York

5.7× higher affinity than the national baseline.

New York · 1950s 5.7×

New York · 1960s 4.3×

New York · 1920s 3.3×