# Margarete (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/margarete/  
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 | Gretel |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,376 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,376 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 10 | 8,534 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,279 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,162 |
| 1997 | 6 | 13,109 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,012 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10,153 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13,154 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,302 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,733 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,044 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,651 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,847 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,769 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,703 |

## People named Margarete

- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (1897–2000)
- Margarete Steiff, foundress of Margarete Steiff GmbH in Germany
- Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Austrian archduchess (1870-1902)
- Margarete Schramböck, Austrian manager and politician
- Margarete Adler, Austrian swimmer, diver, and gymnast (1896-1990)
- Margarete von Wrangell, Baltic German agricultural chemist (1877-1932)
- Margarete Schön, German actress (1895-1985)
- Margarete Wallmann, Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer
- Margarete Schlegel, German actress (1899-1987)
- Margarete Himmler, German nurse, wife of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (1893–1967)
- Margarete Kupfer, German actress (1881-1953)
- Margarete Haagen, German actress (1889–1966)

## 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.