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Marigold

From the word “flower”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,646, 2016: #2,093, 2017: #1,643, 2018: #1,413, 2019: #1,295, 2020: #1,093, 2021: #1,012, 2022: #822, 2023: #712, 2024: #689, 2025: #5901 in 3,227 girls in the US, 2025#590 · rising · was #2,646 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #4,736, 2016: #4,096, 2017: #2,201, 2018: #3,178, 2019: #3,151, 2020: #2,615, 2021: #2,201, 2022: #1,383, 2023: #1,525, 2024: #1,491, 2025: #1,0281 in 7,675 girls in E&W, 2025#1,028 · rising · was #4,736 in 2015

Girl’s name · English

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What Marigold means

From the word “flower”

From the flower

Source: Wiktionary, “Marigold” (revision 83833137), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Marigold?

US 2025
#590
498 babies
▲ 99 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1028
33 babies
▲ 463 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #2646 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4736 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 498 girls got the name (#590 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

  • About 1 in 3,227 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 7,675 baby girls in England and Wales 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 ID (2.37 per 1,000 girls), ME (1.61 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.85 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Marigold is #590 in the US and #1028 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#5904981 in 3,227#2646
England & Wales#1028331 in 7,675#4736
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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 Marigold were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20254980
England & Wales 2025330
US all years since 18802,9780
England & Wales since 19961680

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

If you like Marigold

Girls

  • Hazel#21From the word “hazel”
  • Briar#400Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #835 in 2015, #400 in 2025
  • Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
  • June#150From the word “name”
  • Iris#61“rainbow”
  • Opal#423Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,110 in 2015, #423 in 2025

For a brother

  • August#81“month of August”
  • Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
  • Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
  • Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
  • Rowan#59“little red one”
  • Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marigold’s. Rank is US 2025.

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