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Margarita

“Pearl” — Greek, via Latin, ultimately Persian origin

Girl's name · #1880 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Margarita has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #334 (1950) · 40,219 babies named Margarita all-time · 1 in 17,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 7,000 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 15,000 girls in Poland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Margaritas

• Margarita Simonyan — Russian journalist
• Margarita Levieva — Russian-born American actress
• Margarita Salas — Spanish biochemist (1938-2019)
• Margarita Aliger — Soviet poet, translator, and journalist (1915–1992)
• Margarita Xhepa — Albanian actress

In stories & tradition

• Margarita (Alex Russo) — Wizards of Waverly Place · Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
• Margarita — The Master and Margarita
• Margarita Balafouti — I Polykatoikia

What Margaritas become

Among 1,069 notable people named Margarita:

Artists & writers appear 1.27× more often than among typical names — e.g. Margarita Simonyan, Russian journalist.

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