# Margaretta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/margaretta/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,535 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,535 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Rare Latinization of Margaret. Compare Margareta.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 8 | 6,880 |
| 1976 | 12 | 5,075 |
| 1977 | 7 | 8,054 |
| 1978 | 11 | 5,805 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,683 |
| 1980 | 14 | 5,132 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,670 |
| 1982 | 9 | 7,241 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7,749 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,849 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,760 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,215 |
| 1993 | 8 | 10,187 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,740 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19,447 |

## People named Margaretta

- Margaretta Hare Morris, American entomologist (1797-1867)
- Margaretta Scott, British actor (1912-2005)
- Margaretta Riley, British botanist (1804-1899)
- Dorothea Lange, American photojournalist (1895-1965)
- Colleen McCullough, Australian author (1937-2015)

## 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.