How Many People Are Named Margot?
An estimated 19,757 people in the United States have the first name Margot. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Margot peaked in popularity in 2024 with 2,223 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Margot 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 Margot paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
19,757
About 1 in 17,349 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2024
2,223 births
Total Registered
22,984
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Margot
Margot is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 22,984 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Margot as a female name
Ranked #126 in 2024
2,223 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (2,223 births)
Margot: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Margot span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 8,479 babies were registered. Margot remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Margot by Decade
How has Margot 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.
Margot by State
Birth registrations for Margot span all 50 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Texas. The lowest are in West Virginia, Vermont, Hawaii. On average, about 371 Margots were registered per state.
Margot + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Margot as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Margot
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Margot: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Margot?
We estimate approximately 19,757 people named Margot 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 17,349 Americans share this first name.
Is Margot a common name?
Margot is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 22,984 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Margot most popular?
Margot reached peak popularity in 2024, when 2,223 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Margot is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Margot a female name?
Margot is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Margot Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Margot Smith, Margot Johnson, Margot 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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