The first name Margarethe
A girl’s name.
4 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Margarethe at birth, 1880–2025
In 1994, 6 girls born in the United States were named Margarethe, the 12,786th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1891, when 8 were.
62
babies named Margarethe since 1880
#12,786
rank in 1994
1891
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.
Famous people named Margarethe
12 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Margarethe von TrottaGerman film director (born 1942)
- Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of AustriaArchduchess of Austria (1870–1955)
- Margarethe KahnGerman mathematician and Holocaust victim (1880–1942)
- Margarethe CammermeyerAmerican politician, born 1942
- Margarethe WeikertAustrian alpine skier, born 1914
- Princess Christina Margarethe of HesseEldest daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, 1933–2011
- Princess Margaret of PrussiaGerman imperial princess, Prussian princess (1872–1954); youngest child of Frederick III,
- La JanaAustro-German dancer and actress (1905–1940)
- Lotte NeumannGerman actress and screenwriter (1896-1977)
- Thilly WeissenbornDutch photographer, 1883–1964
- Margrethe of Slesvig-Holsten-SønderborgGerman Danish countess, 1583–1658
- Margarete Luise SchickGerman operatic soprano (1773-1809)
Questions
- When was Margarethe most popular?
- 1891 in the United States, when 8 babies were named Margarethe, its highest rank at 1,062nd.