Margarita

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pearl.

Babies a year
125
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2788
9 babies

Margarita by the numbers

In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Margarita. In the US, 125 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 591 babies in 1957, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Margarita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Margaridapearl; a form of Margaret5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Margaretpearl; precious gem2,242 in the US (2017)
  • Margalitpearl6 in the US (2017)
  • Margarethpearl; a form of Margaret5 in the US (2017)
  • Margarettpearl; a form of Margaret5 in the US (2017)
  • Margritpearl; a form of Margaret5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean wealth

Like Margarita, each of these has wealth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Maddoxfortunate, beneficent; son of Madoc3,119 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Maggiepearl; a form of Margaret271 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Gemmagem or jewel1,241 in the US (2017)
  • Margotpearl1,230 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maisiepearl; a form of Margaret966 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Margarita

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