# Margaret name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/margaret
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Margaret ranked #112 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #117.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #112
- Birth count: 2,436
- Rate per 10,000: 15.16

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Margaret
- Rank: #117
- Birth count: 2,443
- Rate per 10,000: 15.20
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.02
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.07
- Expected per school of 300: 0.22
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 7.0%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1916
- Best rank year: 1891
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 6.3%

## Spelling components
- Margaret: 2,436 births
- Margarett: 7 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology