Girl name#380 of girl names
Marguerite
Pronounced M AA2 R G ER0 IY1 T (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
How popular is Marguerite?
Marguerite is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 94,052 children — the 380th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1918, when 3,249 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AA2 R G ER0 IY1 T
- Stress pattern:
- 201
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Marguerite
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Marguerite
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Marguerite?
- Marguerite ranks 380th among girls' names in US records, with 94,052 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 786.
- Is Marguerite a unisex name?
- No. Marguerite is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Marguerite most popular?
- 1918, when 3,249 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.