Margarita

Meaning: Pearl
Origin: Greek — Spanish form of Margaret

Girl's name · #1893 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Margarita — on the books since 1880, #1893 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 40,000 girls have carried the name since.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#104 in Mexico (2024) · #391 in Poland (2025) · #723 in Ecuador (2025) · #885 in Ireland (2025) · #1,974 in Canada (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #2,788 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,989 in Austria (2025) · #4,064 in Italy (2024) · #5,832 in France (2025) · #530 in Norway (2015) · #533 in Puerto Rico (2003).

Famous Margaritas

Margarita Simonyan — Russian journalist (born 1980)
Margarita Levieva — American actress (born 1980)
Margarita Salas — Spanish biochemist (1938–2019)
Margarita Aliger — Soviet poet, translator, and journalist (1915–1992)
Margarita Xhepa — Albanian actress (1932–2025)

In stories & tradition

Margarita — The Master and Margarita (book)
Margarita Balafouti — I Polykatoikia (TV series)

What Margaritas become

Among 1,072 notable people named Margarita:

Artists & writers appear 1.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Margarita Simonyan, Russian journalist (born 1980).

Similar names: Alisa · Maricela · Rita · Nadine · Marcella · Melisa

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