# Margareta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/margareta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 494 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 494 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 6 | 6,707 |
| 1969 | 10 | 4,909 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,625 |
| 1972 | 8 | 6,315 |
| 1974 | 6 | 8,299 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,218 |
| 1977 | 6 | 9,175 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,739 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,613 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,426 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,278 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,743 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,582 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,257 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,798 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Margareta

- Margareta Ebner, German nun and mystic
- Margareta of Celje, Duchess of Głogów and Ścinawa
- Margareta Capsia, Finnish artist (1682-1759)
- Margareta Stone, actress
- Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Austrian archduchess and regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530)
- Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, Countess suo jure of Flanders (1350-1405)
- Esther Vilar, Argentine writer
- Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, Countess of Flanders (1202–1280)
- Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Danish equestrian; youngest daughter and child of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berl
- Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy, countess suo jure of Artois and Burgundy (1309-1382)
- Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, Countess of Tyrol
- Margaret of Brabant, daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.