Margo

What Margo means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Margo yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,275 in 2015, #559 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Margo?

US: Rising: up from #1275 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1168 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1951, when 713 girls got the name (#295 that year). First in the US records in 1905.

How common

• About 1 in 2,976 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,111 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls), NE (1.41 per 1,000 girls), UT (0.94 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Margo is #559 in the US and #357 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Margo were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Margo

Girls

• Stevie#203Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #978 in 2015, #203 in 2025
• Blair#169“field, plain”^*
• Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”^*
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025

For a brother

• Arthur#87possibly “bear”^*
• Warren#240“river, water”^*
• Stetson#136“site in the Parish of South Brent”^*
• Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Margo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.