first name
MARGARITA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 93,539 people named Margarita, 90.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% as White and 2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Margarita peaked in 1957, when 600 babies got the name.
At least 40,418 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Margarita by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #691. The largest share of babies named Margarita, 24.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Margarita is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Margarita has been most common in Texas (4.9×), New Mexico (4.7×), and Arizona (3.4×), and least common in Tennessee (0.06×).
35,508 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Margarita
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Margarita, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Margarita ranks #83,373 of 156,621, with 243 people. See Margarita as a last name
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