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    The first name Margret

    A girl’s name.

    2 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    A female given name, variant of Margaret.

    A form of Margaret.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Margret at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 21 girls born in the United States were named Margret, the 5,843rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1921, when 214 were.

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    10,068
    babies named Margret since 1880
    #5,843
    rank in 2025
    1921
    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 Margret

    4 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Margret Kreidl
      Austrian author, born 1964
    • Margrethe Mather
      American photographer (1886–1952)
    • Marguerite Andersen
      Francophone writer and educator (1924–2022)
    • Margarete Heymann
      German ceramic artist (1899-1990)

    Questions

    Is Margret a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 10,068 US babies named Margret since 1880 were girls.
    When was Margret most popular?
    1921 in the United States, when 214 babies were named Margret, its highest rank at 472nd.
    What name is Margret a form of?
    Margret is a form of Margaret.