Margo
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning pearl; a form of Margaret.
How Margo has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2018 | #976 |
| 2019 | #842 |
| 2020 | #764 |
| 2021 | #639 |
| 2022 | #617 |
| 2023 | #542 |
| 2024 | #545 |
| 2025 | #559 |
Margo by the numbers
In 2025, 120 babies in England and Wales were named Margo. In the US, 235 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 715 babies in 1954, making it a 1950s name.
At its height, in 1950, about 1 in 2,900 American girls born that year was called Margo.
Other names that come from Margaret
Like Margo, each of these traces back to Margaret: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Gretapearl; short form of Margaret463 in the US (2017)
- Marjoriepearl; a form of Margaret277 in the US (2017)
- Meghanpearl; a form of Margaret162 in the US (2017)
- Maziepearl; a form of Margaret or Mazal124 in the US (2017)
- Gretchenpearl; diminutive of Margaret119 in the US (2017)
- Peggypearl; a form of Margaret73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Magalypearl; a form of Margaret58 in the US (2017)
- Grettapearl; a form of Grete or Margaret50 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Margo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Margotpearl1,230 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marloa form of Marlowe; lake remnant or boundary lake50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Margepearl; a form of Margaret
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marenof the sea; feminine form of Marinus463 in the US (2017)
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wealth
Like Margo, 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)
- Margaretpearl; precious gem2,242 in the US (2017)
- Maggiepearl; a form of Margaret271 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gemmagem or jewel1,241 in the US (2017)
- Maisiepearl; a form of Margaret966 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Margo
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