Boy or Girl

Is Margret a boy or girl name?

Margret is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 16 girls and 0 boys were named Margret, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 10,047 US babies named Margret were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#7,098
Babies named Margret since 1880
10,047
Most popular year
1921
214 babies
Babies named Margret each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Margret from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.07515022530018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Margret, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0307100%
1890s0339100%
1900s0437100%
1910s01,236100%
1920s01,850100%
1930s01,237100%
1940s01,061100%
1950s01,054100%
1960s0832100%
1970s0504100%
1980s0375100%
1990s0351100%
2000s0264100%
2010s0144100%
2020s056100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–16#7,098
20230–8#11,803
20220–9#10,907
20210–10#10,038
20200–13#8,247
20190–12#8,915
20180–13#8,439
20170–12#9,145
20160–15#7,853
20150–13#8,759
20140–18#6,897
20130–9#11,617
20120–17#7,347
20110–18#7,020
20100–17#7,401
20090–18#7,235
20080–17#7,623
20070–35#4,349
20060–8#13,152
20050–24#5,379
20040–23#5,488
20030–33#4,084
20020–27#4,581
20010–44#3,180
20000–35#3,707
19990–26#4,400
19980–42#3,053
19970–37#3,203
19960–28#3,898
19950–31#3,549
19940–37#3,148
19930–38#3,083
19920–50#2,536
19910–24#4,293
19900–38#2,994
19890–42#2,698
19880–40#2,683
19870–42#2,468
19860–25#3,512
19850–32#2,907
19840–48#2,103
19830–37#2,498
19820–32#2,875
19810–39#2,474
19800–38#2,516
19790–37#2,509
19780–35#2,497
19770–52#1,913
19760–47#1,923
19750–56#1,700
19740–51#1,764
19730–58#1,601
19720–55#1,647
19710–50#1,790
19700–63#1,554
19690–64#1,474
19680–72#1,306
19670–79#1,200
19660–88#1,132
19650–70#1,298
19640–102#1,080
19630–92#1,145
19620–91#1,147
19610–91#1,160
19600–83#1,193
19590–72#1,269
19580–95#1,076
19570–87#1,130
19560–99#1,031
19550–100#999
19540–113#906
19530–124#833
19520–128#803
19510–105#880
19500–131#757
19490–143#711
19480–108#842
19470–122#785
19460–105#807
19450–85#820
19440–97#775
19430–108#749
19420–104#741
19410–87#775
19400–102#691
19390–107#658
19380–110#653
19370–123#608
19360–81#746
19350–121#591
19340–113#626
19330–122#583
19320–143#548
19310–136#565
19300–181#496
19290–153#555
19280–163#548
19270–199#496
19260–194#502
19250–172#549
19240–196#507
19230–177#538
19220–198#493
19210–214#472
19200–184#517
19190–177#510
19180–199#480
19170–168#513
19160–162#514
19150–111#625
19140–119#512
19130–84#560
19120–90#509
19110–59#553
19100–67#499
19090–44#585
19080–56#485
19070–51#503
19060–47#507
19050–51#480
19040–37#554
19030–37#537
19020–33#579
19010–32#543
19000–49#485
18990–33#521
18980–34#553
18970–30#549
18960–39#466
18950–36#490
18940–30#531
18930–31#498
18920–33#475
18910–39#398
18900–34#438
18890–28#474
18880–46#354
18870–22#484
18860–25#435
18850–39#326
18840–32#355
18830–30#327
18820–39#286
18810–22#356
18800–24#332

Highest rank

Margret has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #286 in 1882. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Margret

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.