girls:
477 births since 1884
#5239 (8th percentile)
overall:
477 births since 1884
#7262 (6th percentile)
The name Margaretha is the #7,262 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 477 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 6.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,239 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 477 births since 1884.
Margaretha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (first recorded for girls in 1884). Birth data for Margaretha is available in 58 out of the 128 years between 1884 and 2011. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Margaretha reached its peak popularity in 1887, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #249) with 97 births per million. The name was most common in 1887, with 97 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Margaretha".
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Our model has identified 24 different pronunciations for the name Margaretha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 12.5% confident that Margaretha is pronounced as mahr-guh-REH-tuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-guh-REH-tuh, at 10.4% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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