# Margaretha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/margaretha/  
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 | 477 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 477 (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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 5 | 4,650 |
| 1936 | 5 | 4,615 |
| 1939 | 5 | 4,679 |
| 1940 | 5 | 4,786 |
| 1944 | 5 | 5,006 |
| 1949 | 8 | 4,106 |
| 1950 | 5 | 5,806 |
| 1955 | 7 | 5,020 |
| 1957 | 6 | 5,819 |
| 1959 | 6 | 5,986 |
| 1960 | 6 | 6,126 |
| 1961 | 9 | 4,757 |
| 1963 | 6 | 6,312 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,809 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,548 |

## People named Margaretha

- Archduchess Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria, Austrian Imperial and Saxon Royal (1840-1858)
- Archduchess Margaretha of Austria, Austrian archduchess (1567-1633)
- Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer
- Margaretha of Waldeck-Wildungen, German countess (1533-1554)
- Margaretha Wulfraet, 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1678–1760)
- Margaretha van Godewijk, Dutch painter (1627-1677)
- Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Austrian archduchess (1870-1902)
- Mady Christians, Austrian actress (1896–1951)
- Karoliina Rantamäki, Finnish ice hockey player
- Birgitta Ulfsson, Finnish actor and theater director
- Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, British noble
- Marga Klompé, Dutch politician (1912-1986)

## 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.