Fun Facts About the Name Margaux
- More than 4 thousand babies named Margaux: U.S. records list 4,089 babies given the name Margaux from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Margaux Mean?
Margaux is a French spelling of Margot, a diminutive of Marguerite, the French form of Margaret. The name descends through Latin Margarita to Greek margaritēs, meaning "pearl." The Greek word looks like a borrowing from an Eastern language rather than a native Greek formation; Persian and Sanskrit sources have both been suggested, and the exact route is not settled. The literal sense of the name is therefore "pearl," and that is the meaning it carries in French and in English use.
Margaux Name History & Origins
Margaret became a widespread name in medieval France in honor of Saint Margaret, and its French form Marguerite was common from the Middle Ages onward. Margot arose as a diminutive of Marguerite, formed with the French diminutive ending -ot; in that form it is attached to Marguerite de Valois (1553 - 1615), remembered as la Reine Margot, and later to the title of Alexandre Dumas's 1845 novel La Reine Margot. The spelling Margaux is an alternative French orthography of the same name, the -aux ending being a familiar variant in French place names and surnames.
Margaux is also the name of a village in the Médoc district of the Gironde, in southwestern France, whose vineyards are known for red wine. In 2017 the commune of Margaux was merged with neighboring Cantenac to form Margaux-Cantenac. Whether the given-name spelling and the place name are historically connected or simply coincide is not clearly established. The spelling Margaux has been used as a given name in France and, from the later 20th century, in English-speaking countries; Margaux Hemingway (1954 - 1996) was given the name after the Château Margaux wine estate.
How Popular is the Name Margaux?
Margaux has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #1,193 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,199 | 191 | 0.0119% |
| 2024 | #1,211 | 195 | 0.0121% |
| 2023 | #1,217 | 195 | 0.0122% |
| 2022 | #1,248 | 193 | 0.0118% |
| 2021 | #1,193 | 204 | 0.0124% |
| 2020 | #1,407 | 156 | 0.0097% |
| 2019 | #1,287 | 179 | 0.0107% |
| 2018 | #1,354 | 167 | 0.0098% |
| 2017 | #1,276 | 185 | 0.0107% |
| 2016 | #1,460 | 158 | 0.0089% |
| 2015 | #1,774 | 118 | 0.0066% |
| 2014 | #1,974 | 101 | 0.0057% |
| 2013 | #2,119 | 90 | 0.0051% |
| 2012 | #2,531 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 2011 | #2,713 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 2010 | #2,713 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2009 | #3,232 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2008 | #2,941 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2007 | #2,501 | 75 | 0.0039% |
| 2006 | #2,962 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2005 | #3,302 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2004 | #2,666 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 2003 | #2,863 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2002 | #2,877 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2001 | #3,078 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2000 | #2,229 | 71 | 0.0039% |
| 1999 | #1,950 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 1998 | #2,210 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 1997 | #2,095 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 1996 | #2,611 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1995 | #3,059 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #2,783 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1993 | #2,589 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1992 | #2,173 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 1991 | #2,086 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 1990 | #2,219 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 1989 | #2,039 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 1988 | #2,141 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 1987 | #2,349 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1986 | #3,099 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1985 | #2,215 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1984 | #2,216 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 1983 | #2,461 | 38 | 0.0023% |
| 1982 | #2,808 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1981 | #2,899 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 1980 | #1,954 | 55 | 0.0033% |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 1978 | #2,610 | 33 | 0.0022% |
| 1977 | #2,149 | 44 | 0.0029% |
| 1976 | #2,364 | 35 | 0.0024% |
| 1975 | #3,709 | 18 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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