# Marigold (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marigold/  
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 | 2,978 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,978 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 168, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the flower. The rubber gloves are generally bright yellow in colour.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 14,283 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,828 |
| 2013 | 28 | 4,975 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,726 |
| 2015 | 67 | 2,674 |
| 2016 | 93 | 2,106 |
| 2017 | 131 | 1,651 |
| 2018 | 158 | 1,418 |
| 2019 | 177 | 1,300 |
| 2020 | 223 | 1,097 |
| 2021 | 252 | 1,013 |
| 2022 | 340 | 826 |
| 2023 | 397 | 713 |
| 2024 | 411 | 690 |
| 2025 | 498 | 590 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,383 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1,028 |

## 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.