Marigold
- Pronunciation
- [Ma-ri-gold]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Mary's Gold - Refers To Both The Flower And The Mother Of Jesus.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Marigold
Marigold is an English flower name with a charming double meaning built right into it: "Mary's gold," honoring both the bright golden bloom and, by long tradition, Mary the mother of Jesus. It joins the cheerful family of botanical names while carrying a touch of devotional history, making it both sunny and quietly meaningful. The name is, fittingly, as warm and golden as the flower it borrows, full of light and color.
It belongs to the vintage flower-name revival, sitting alongside other old garden favorites that have bloomed back into fashion, and its slightly storybook quality has made it a darling among parents drawn to whimsical, retro charm. Marigold reads as joyful, a little nostalgic, and full of personality, with a touch of English-cottage romance about it. The friendly short forms Goldie or Mari are close at hand for everyday use.
As a girls' name, Marigold first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2022 and reached its peak in 2024 at #693, marking it as a name still very much on the rise. Across its short tracked span it accounted for 1,142 births among the top-1000. Its appeal lies in that rare blend of floral brightness and gentle, layered meaning — a name that manages to be both playful and substantial at once, cheerful on the surface and quietly rich underneath.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Marigold
US Popularity History (2022–2025)
Annual US births named Marigold by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 498 girls named Marigold (girl rank #590 that year).
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 Marigold Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2017–2025 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 Marigold the strongest states are Tennessee, Oregon, Arkansas.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | #524 | 81 |
| 2 | Oregon | #552 | 48 |
| 3 | Arkansas | #553 | 19 |
| 4 | Washington | #572 | 74 |
| 5 | Utah | #586 | 50 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #588 | 29 |
| 7 | Missouri | #594 | 55 |
| 8 | Michigan | #676 | 51 |
| 9 | Colorado | #679 | 51 |
| 10 | Indiana | #699 | 49 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #819 | 28 |
| 2 | Illinois | #792 | 39 |
| 3 | California | #783 | 123 |
| 4 | Virginia | #770 | 48 |
| 5 | Arizona | #752 | 27 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | #752 | 35 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #739 | 35 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | #737 | 71 |
| 9 | Ohio | #735 | 43 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #717 | 45 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2017–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Marigold in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Marigold to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Marigold 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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