People with the first name Margarita
93,539
About 1 in 3,543 Americans had this first name in the 2020 Census.
Measured, privacy-protected national Census count—not a total of historical baby-name records.
U.S. first-name statistics
Margarita was the #570 most frequent first name in the 2020 Census.
People with the first name Margarita
93,539
About 1 in 3,543 Americans had this first name in the 2020 Census.
Measured, privacy-protected national Census count—not a total of historical baby-name records.
National rank
#570
More common than 98.9% of listed first names
Peak year
1957
600 SSA-recorded births
2025 births
104
#3,441 across first names
Census frequency
1 in 3,543
Across the 2020 U.S. population
Reported in the 2020 Census first-name table.
Aggregated race and Hispanic-origin reporting in the 2020 Census name table.
Reading the result
The Census count answers “how many people had this name?” using a national snapshot of living residents in 2020. The SSA series answers “when was this name popular?” using Social Security card applications associated with births.
Margarita reached its highest published annual SSA count in 1957, with 600 recorded births. In 2025, SSA recorded 104 babies with the name.
Names do not determine a person’s identity. Demographic percentages above describe national aggregates and should never be applied to an individual.
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