Margarit
Margarit is a name with a single cultural origin: Armenian.
- Armenian
Meaning & Origin of Margarit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Margarit is a name with a single cultural origin: Armenian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Armenian
The Story of Margarit
American parents first put Margarit on the record books as a baby girl name in 1911, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 12 Margarits were born — ranking #2,732 that year. About 53% of every Margarit on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Margarit last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 86 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Margarit
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Margarit. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Margarid
Names that sound like Margarit
Phonetically similar names — useful when Margarit is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Margaret
- Margret
- Margrit
- Marguerite
- Margarite
- Margarete
- Margriet
- Market
- Margarita
- Margherita
- Margate
- Marguerita
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Margarit
Margarit is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 86 births in the dataset. Margarit's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #2,732. Use the chart and map above to compare Margarit's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.