Margo
- Pronunciation
- [Mar-go]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Margaret. Pearl.
- Origin
- German
About the Name Margo
Margo is a streamlined form of Margot, the French pet form of Marguerite, which descends through Latin and Greek from a word meaning "pearl." That lustrous root gives the name a vintage, jewel-like elegance, while the simplified spelling lends it a clean, modern confidence — chic and uncluttered, with a distinct hint of mid-century glamour and the poise of an old film still.
Its appeal lies in that balance of old and new. Margo feels polished and a little theatrical without being fussy, and it has ridden the broader revival of short, retro girls' names that pair beautifully with longer surnames. Recorded variants include Margaux, the elaborate French spelling, and Margot itself, the form from which Margo draws its sophistication and pearly meaning.
Margo is a recent re-entrant to the US Social Security top-1000, first appearing for girls in 2018 and quickly reaching its peak in 2023 at rank #543. It remains right at that high, ranked #545 in 2024 with 555 girls given the name, and had stood at #617 in 2022. Having accumulated 3,003 girls across its current top-1000 run, Margo is a crisp, rising favorite riding the wave of rediscovered classics that has swept through recent naming — pearly, polished, and quietly glamorous, with the unmistakable poise of an old film still.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Margo
US Popularity History (2018–2025)
Annual US births named Margo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2023 with 556 girls named Margo (girl rank #543 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #559 for girls (540 US births). That's 16 places below its 2023 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Margo Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Margo the strongest states are Nebraska, Minnesota, Michigan.
Strongest girls-name states
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #913 | 132 |
| 2 | Alabama | #902 | 21 |
| 3 | California | #890 | 139 |
| 4 | New York | #882 | 90 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #841 | 45 |
| 6 | Florida | #809 | 60 |
| 7 | Louisiana | #793 | 38 |
| 8 | Georgia | #792 | 68 |
| 9 | Maryland | #780 | 28 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #745 | 51 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Margo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Margo against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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