Margo: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced MAHR-goh · 2 syllables

Estonian: A given name, variant of Markus

How popular is Margo?

Margo was the #559 name in the US in 2025, given to 540 babies. It’s rising: up 298% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1950.

Babies named Margo in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1950).

Half of US adults named Margo are older than 63; most are between 27 and 83. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Margo have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Margo is pronounced MAHR-goh.

Margo was the #559 name in the US in 2025, given to 540 babies. It’s rising: up 298% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1950.

Half of US adults named Margo are older than 63. Most are between 27 and 83.