How Many People Are Named Margherita?
An estimated 575 people in the United States have the first name Margherita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 54 years old, and Margherita peaked in popularity in 1926 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Margherita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Margherita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
575
About 1 in 596,095 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
54
years old
Peak Year
1926
25 births
Total Registered
1,155
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Margherita
Margherita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,155 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Margherita as a female name
Ranked #14,670 in 2022
6 female births in 2022
Peak: 1926 (25 births)
Margherita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Margherita span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 187 babies were registered. Margherita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Margherita by Decade
How has Margherita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Margherita by State
Margherita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Margherita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Margherita
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Margherita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Margherita?
We estimate approximately 575 people named Margherita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 596,095 Americans share this first name.
Is Margherita a common name?
Margherita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,155 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Margherita most popular?
Margherita reached peak popularity in 1926, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Margherita is approximately 54 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Margherita a female name?
Margherita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Margherita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Margherita Smith, Margherita Johnson, Margherita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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