Thirty years of Margot
Margot in numbers
Margot has climbed from 8 girls in 1996 to 1,230 in 2025, close to its peak of 1,243 in 2024. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2022 and 2025, from 810 to 1,230. It ranked 1,914th in 1996, reached 28th in 2024 and ranks 30th now. On average it was given to 10 girls a year in the late 1990s, 20 in the 2000s, 225 in the 2010s and 975 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
What the official statisticians said
“Parents may have been inspired by actor and producer Margot Robbie, star of the 2023 Barbie movie”
National Records of Scotland, on 2025 births in Scotland. Read the source
“Following summer blockbuster films Barbie (starring Margot Robbie) and Oppenheimer (starring Cillian Murphy), in 2023 there were an additional 215 baby girls named Margot”
ONS, on 2023 births in England and Wales. Read the source
“The name Margot could have been inspired by the famous Hollywood actress Margot Robbie and the character Margo in the Despicable Me film franchise.”
ONS, on 2018 births in England and Wales. Read the source
Quoted word for word from the official releases, including their own “may” and “could”. Baby Data has not added reasons of its own. Releases for Scotland and Northern Ireland are about babies there, not in England and Wales.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-1%1,243 to 1,230
- 5 years+89%652 to 1,230
- 10 years+591%178 to 1,230
- 20 years+4,141%29 to 1,230
- Since 1996×1548 to 1,230
- Total, 1996 to 20258,346girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 30 · ONS · 1,243 in 2024
Rank 79 · NRS · 36 in 2024
Rank 52 · NISRA · 35 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 1,230 | -1% | 1 in 231 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,243 | +21% | 1 in 233 |
| 2023 | 44 | 1,025 | +27% | 1 in 281 |
| 2022 | 59 | 810 | -9% | 1 in 364 |
| 2021 | 57 | 892 | +37% | 1 in 342 |
| 2020 | 80 | 652 | +13% | 1 in 459 |
| 2019 | 94 | 575 | +8% | 1 in 541 |
| 2018 | 99 | 534 | +51% | 1 in 598 |
| 2017 | =156 | 353 | +20% | 1 in 938 |
| 2016 | =186 | 293 | +65% | 1 in 1,158 |
| 2015 | =273 | 178 | +71% | 1 in 1,908 |
| 2014 | =415 | 104 | +89% | 1 in 3,254 |
| 2013 * | =725 | 55 | -18% | 1 in 6,209 |
| 2012 * | =624 | 67 | +40% | 1 in 5,303 |
| 2011 * | =776 | 48 | +14% | 1 in 7,353 |
| 2010 | =840 | 42 | +11% | 1 in 8,386 |
| 2009 | =879 | 38 | +52% | 1 in 9,055 |
| 2008 | =1,176 | 25 | +4% | 1 in 13,830 |
| 2007 | =1,160 | 24 | +0% | 1 in 13,979 |
| 2006 | =1,119 | 24 | -17% | 1 in 13,632 |
| 2005 | =931 | 29 | +190% | 1 in 10,870 |
| 2004 | =1,952 | 10 | -44% | 1 in 31,137 |
| 2003 | =1,224 | 18 | +38% | 1 in 16,835 |
| 2002 | =1,442 | 13 | -24% | 1 in 22,311 |
| 2001 | =1,170 | 17 | +183% | 1 in 17,058 |
| 2000 | =2,416 | 6 | -54% | 1 in 49,135 |
| 1999 | =1,393 | 13 | -13% | 1 in 23,277 |
| 1998 | =1,259 | 15 | +200% | n/a |
| 1997 | =2,738 | 5 | -38% | 1 in 62,703 |
| 1996 | =1,914 | 8 | 1 in 39,498 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. ONS’s own figures for the most popular girls’ names jump in 2012 for a reason we have not been able to establish, so read changes for 2011 to 2013 with care. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
Margot is in our lists: Vintage baby names.