Margret

Name: Margret: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Margret is a given name, most frequently recorded in Germany. In Iceland it is the 16th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a female given name, variant of Margarete, equivalent to English Margaret.

rarermore common

ISIceland1 in 75◐
DEGermany1 in 2.8K
ATAustria1 in 13K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈16K ●
Sources: 271 ●
: 1 in 75 ◐

Spellings & scripts●

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Margrét6.7K

Locally spelled Margrét in IS Iceland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

a female given name, variant of Margarete, equivalent to English Margaret

Sources 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Margret is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
DE Germany	#412	44,059	42K rec.	—	2	Margret	137
US United States	—	8,406	63K rec.	1 in 40K	8.4K	Margret	271
GB United Kingdom	—	5,726	5.2K rec.	—	listed	Margret	74
NG Nigeria	—	5,710	9.1K rec.	—	—	Margret	45
IS Iceland	#16	4,677△	404 rec.	1 in 75	4.7K	Margrét	80
AU Australia	—	3,016	2.7K rec.	—	3	Margret	78
SE Sweden	—	2,216△	251 rec.	1 in 4.6K	2.2K	Margret	23
CA Canada	—	1,649	1.6K rec.	—	1	Margret	58
AT Austria	—	1,301	531 rec.	—	118	Margret	51
IN India	—	983	590 rec.	—	233	Margret	34
ZA South Africa	—	894	981 rec.	—	—	Margret	19
PH Philippines	—	780	538 rec.	—	—	Margret	29
NL Netherlands	—	654	1.2K rec.	1 in 26K	654	Margret	33
NO Norway	—	596	186 rec.	—	460	Margret	17
IT Italy	—	483	554 rec.	—	1	Margret	9
FR France	—	463	423 rec.	—	—	Margret	81
EG Egypt	—	418	276 rec.	—	—	Margret	24
PE Peru	—	235	281 rec.	—	—	Margret	16
VE Venezuela	—	221	215 rec.	—	—	Margret	8
CH Switzerland	—	212	167 rec.	—	—	Margret	33
CO Colombia	—	203	183 rec.	—	—	Margret	16
AR Argentina	—	172	155 rec.	—	—	Margret	13
ID Indonesia	—	166	93 rec.	—	—	Margret	20
CL Chile	—	123	53 rec.	—	2	Margret	14
GT Guatemala	—	111	111 rec.	—	—	Margret	4
MX Mexico	—	110	104 rec.	—	—	Margret	16
DK Denmark	—	76	59 rec.	1 in 77K	76	Margret	34
ES Spain	—	54	293 rec.	1 in 926K	54	Margret	17
PL Poland	—	27	169 rec.	1 in 1.4M	27	Margret	1
BR Brazil	—	24	242 rec.	1 in 8.8M	31	Margret	24
XK Kosovo	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	51	—	—
FI Finland	—	—	—	—	107	—	—
FO Faroe Islands	—	—	—	—	12	—	—
CR Costa Rica	—	—	—	—	8	—	—
GY Guyana	—	—	—	—	5	—	—
DM Dominica	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
KN St. Kitts & Nevis	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
CK Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
ZM Zambia	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
EC Ecuador	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
PG Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	5	—	—
SL Sierra Leone	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
UG Uganda	—	—	—	—	4	—	—
DZ Algeria	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

English81K35%
Swahili54K24%
German51K23%
9.2K4%
Icelandic6.5K3%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
English	80,767	35%
Swahili	53,814	24%
German	51,387	23%
	9,247	4%
Icelandic	6,461	3%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Margret is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Swahili given name58K records spelled Margret5 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, United States
Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Nyanja
Also written Margrét
a separate given name9.9K records spelled Margret2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada
Also written Margrét
Hindi given name3.1K records spelled Margret2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in India, United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Also written Margrét
Finnish given name712 records spelled Margret4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Finland, United States, Estonia, India
Languages: Finnish, Estonian
Also written Margrét
German given name623 records spelled Margret23 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Germany, United States, Switzerland, Brazil
Languages: German, English, Portuguese
Also written Margrit, Margrét
Polish given name382 records spelled Margret2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands
Also written Margrét
Malayalam given name233 records spelled Margret4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States
Also written Margaret, மாரகரெட, மார்கரெட்
Bulgarian given name227 records spelled Margret10 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Bulgaria, United States, Croatia, Netherlands
Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian
Also written Маргрет, Margrét

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Margret is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In Swedish, Margret (m.fl. former) är varianter av → Margareta. Margret och Margrethe är vanligare i Danmark. Formen Margreta förekom ofta i Sverige på 1600-talet. En känd nutida namnbärare är den danska drottning Margrethe (f. 1940).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, weibl. Vom., Kurzform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Swedish, a female given name, a short form of Margareta, =Margaret
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, a hamlet in Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

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Margret in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Year	records
1880	24
1881	22
1882	39
1883	30
1884	32
1885	39
1886	25
1887	22
1888	46
1889	28
1890	34
1891	39
1892	33
1893	31
1894	30
1895	36
1896	39
1897	30
1898	34
1899	33
1900	49
1901	32
1902	33
1903	37
1904	37
1905	51
1906	47
1907	51
1908	56
1909	44
1910	67
1911	59
1912	90
1913	84
1914	119
1915	111
1916	162
1917	168
1918	199
1919	177
1920	184
1921	214
1922	198
1923	177
1924	196
1925	172
1926	194
1927	199
1928	163
1929	153
1930	181
1931	136
1932	143
1933	122
1934	113
1935	121
1936	81
1937	123
1938	110
1939	107
1940	102
1941	87
1942	104
1943	108
1944	97
1945	85
1946	105
1947	122
1948	108
1949	143
1950	131
1951	105
1952	128
1953	124
1954	113
1955	100
1956	99
1957	87
1958	95
1959	72
1960	83
1961	91
1962	91
1963	92
1964	102
1965	70
1966	88
1967	79
1968	72
1969	64
1970	63
1971	50
1972	55
1973	58
1974	51
1975	56
1976	47
1977	52
1978	35
1979	37
1980	38
1981	39
1982	32
1983	37
1984	48
1985	32
1986	25
1987	42
1988	40
1989	42
1990	38
1991	24
1992	50
1993	38
1994	37
1995	31
1996	28
1997	37
1998	42
1999	26
2000	35
2001	44
2002	27
2003	33
2004	23
2005	24
2006	8
2007	35
2008	17
2009	18
2010	17
2011	18
2012	17
2013	9
2014	18
2015	13
2016	15
2017	12
2018	13
2019	12
2020	13
2021	10
2022	9
2023	8
2024	16
2025	21

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Ann-Margret Holmgrenb. 1850SESwedish writer, editor (1850-1940)
Margrethe Matherb. 1886USnot in their usual nameAmerican photographer (1886–1952)
Margret Boverib. 1900DEGerman journalist (1900-1975)
Margret Nissenb. 1938DEGerman photographer
Margret Göblb. 1938DEGerman pair skater (1938–2013)
Ann-Margretb. 1941SEactress
Ann-Margret Fyregårdb. 1948SEScenographer from Sverige
Susan M Gasserb. 1955CHnot in their usual nameSwiss molecular biologist
Anna Haagb. 1986SEnot in their usual nameSwedish cross-country skier
Margret Grebowiczb. 2000PLPolish philosopher and author

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 54 sources across 33 countries.

Official registers attesting Margret
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	8.4K	#2,768
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	2.2K	#991
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	654	#1,710
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2004	644	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	1999	642	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2003	641	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	534	—
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	460	#2,666
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	306	#4,292
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	233	#1,638
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2023	118	#1,838
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	107	#5,170
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	76	#1,949
ES Spain	INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	54	#11,554
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	54	#26,091
EE Estonia	Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)	—	51	#1,055
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2026	34	#1,686
BR Brazil	Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)	—	31	#46,617
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	27	#3,463
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	27	#3,464
FI Finland	DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)	—	27	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)	2022	24	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	24	#109,849
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	21	—
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	20	#27,512
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	18	#12,499
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	14	#2,768
FO Faroe Islands	Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024)	—	12	—
CR Costa Rica	TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names	—	8	#10,030
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2007	5	—
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	5	#589
PG Papua New Guinea	PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022)	—	5	#11
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2002	5	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	1992	5	—
UG Uganda	Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names	—	4	#222
AU Australia	Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM)	1972	3	—
DM Dominica	Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025	2025	2	#158
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025)	2025	2	#113
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	1995	2	—
SL Sierra Leone	NEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates	2018	2	#44
DE Germany	Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene	2014	2	—
CA Canada	Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender	2022	1	#2,258
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1984	1	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	1	#12,425
KN St. Kitts & Nevis	St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026	2026	1	#110
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2023	1	#2,948
IT Italy	ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)	2023	1	#16,774
CK Cook Islands	Cook Islands Electoral Rolls (2022 General Election + 2024 Pa Enua)	2022	1	#63
ZM Zambia	ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results	2021	1	#44
EC Ecuador	INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)	2015	1	—
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	1996	1	—
DE Germany	Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene	2022	1	#2
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	1	#80,741
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
GB United Kingdom	NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present)	2016	—	—
IS Iceland	Mannanafnaskrá — official register of approved personal names	—	—	—
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2020	—	—
NL Netherlands	Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020)	—	—	—
DZ Algeria	Algerian names (Kaggle, MIT)	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

Reference works 4

The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Margret?: We estimate roughly 16 thousand people bear Margret (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
In which country does Margret have the most bearers?: Margret is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled margret.
Where is Margret most common?: Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Margret is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 75 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is Margret compared with other names?: In Germany, Margret is the 412th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.
Is Margret a male or female name?: Margret is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Margret mean?: Recorded meaning: a female given name, variant of Margarete, equivalent to English Margaret

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Margret” — the 412th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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