The first name Margarete
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Margarete at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 7 girls born in the United States were named Margarete, the 12,703rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 74 were.
2,376
babies named Margarete since 1880
#12,703
rank in 2025
1918
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Nicknames and spellings
Nicknames for Margarete
- Gretel
Famous people named Margarete
34 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Margarete Schütte-LihotzkyAustrian architect (1897–2000)
- Margarete SteiffFoundress of Margarete Steiff GmbH in Germany, 1847–1909
- Archduchess Margarete Sophie of AustriaAustrian archduchess (1870-1902)
- Margarete SchramböckAustrian manager and politician, born 1970
- Margarete AdlerAustrian swimmer, diver, and gymnast (1896-1990)
- Margarete von WrangellBaltic German agricultural chemist (1877-1932)
- Margarete SchönGerman actress (1895-1985)
- Margarete WallmannAustrian ballet dancer and choreographer, 1904–1992
- Margarete SchlegelGerman actress (1899-1987)
- Margarete HimmlerGerman nurse, wife of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (1893–1967)
- Margarete KupferGerman actress (1881-1953)
- Margarete HaagenGerman actress (1889–1966)
Questions
- What are nicknames for Margarete?
- Common nicknames for Margarete include Gretel.
- Is Margarete a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 2,376 US babies named Margarete since 1880 were girls.
- When was Margarete most popular?
- 1918 in the United States, when 74 babies were named Margarete, its highest rank at 836th.