Marguerite

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marguerite: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marguerite: Recorded since 1964, it reached #161 in 1984, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#161highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2152
1998	#3142
1999	#2444
2003	#2727
2005	#2682
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2008	#2721
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2015	#2945
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2019	#2643
2021	#4634
2022	#3533
2023	#2689
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 41 of the 52 years from 1964 to 2015.

In 2015: #751 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2945 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #206 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2015
Highest recorded position: #161 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1964–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marguerite appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 779 births with the name.

Marguerite across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marguerite's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#206 (1964)	#161 (1984)	#751 (2015)	41 of 52	779 (1964–2015)	42 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2152 (1997)	#2771 (2024)	24 of 29	133 (1996–2024)	9 (2019)

Marguerite by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marguerite in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	119	6 of 10	20
1970sbusiest	294	10 of 10	29
1980s	260	10 of 10	26
1990s	83	9 of 10	9
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Marguerite appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #161 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Marguerite's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	12	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	17	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	21	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	17	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	13	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	33	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	37	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	19	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	26	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	35	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	42	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	37	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	28	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	33	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	29	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	28	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	25	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	24	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	27	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	37	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	30	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	20	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	23	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #161, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Margun · #200, 22y
Margunn · #150, 40y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edwina · #162, 53y
Ulla · #166, 61y
Blathnaid · #168, 55y
Christel · #170, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dervla · #161, 49y
Doreen · #161, 48y
Carole · #162, 35y
Edwina · #162, 53y

Marguerite was ranked #161 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marguerite and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marguerite without appearing here.

Marguerite moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4684 and #3985 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #5687.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Marguerite

Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2643 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1785.
Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2201.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.

Moved the opposite way to Marguerite

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marguerite went from #206 to #751 while Ada went from #372 to #180.
Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marguerite went from #206 to #751 while Aisling went from #154 to #81.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marguerite went from #206 to #751 while Alexandra went from #222 to #78.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marguerite went from #206 to #751 while Amelia went from #300 to #5.

Moved the same way as Marguerite

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marguerite went from #206 to #751 and Alma from #327 to #581.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marguerite went from #206 to #751 and Amanda from #118 to #306.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marguerite went from #206 to #751 and Angela from #24 to #581.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marguerite went from #206 to #751 and Anita from #130 to #751.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #161 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marguerite

Marguerite at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marguerite across 2 official records

Marguerite by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Marguerite appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Marguerite and the names beside it

Marguerite moved ahead of

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Marguerite at a glance

Marguerite across 2 official records

Marguerite by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Marguerite appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Marguerite

Marguerite and the names beside it

Marguerite moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marguerite

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