How Many People Are Named Marigold?

2,910

people named Marigold are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 117,451 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,978 babies named Marigold in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,270

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,956

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

498 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: MER-i-gold, MAR-i-gold
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From the name of the flower, which comes from a combination of MARY and the English word gold.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Marigold in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Marigold alive today is about 4 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 6 in 2025.

Under 30 2,888
99.3%
30 to 59 14
0.5%
60 and over 7
0.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Marigold first appears in the records in 1918, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 498 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Marigold has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #590, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #590.

Girls
Rank in 2025#590
Best rank#590 (2025)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#779 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Marigold alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Marigold were born in California than in any other state: about 316 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marigold was given 2.7 times as often in Oregon, 2.2 times in Utah and 2.2 times in Washington.

California 316
Texas 188
Washington 103
New York 102
Tennessee 100
Pennsylvania 97
Florida 93
Virginia 77
Ohio 75
North Carolina 74
Michigan 72
Illinois 69
Georgia 68
Minnesota 67
Indiana 62
Utah 60
Colorado 59
Oregon 58
Missouri 55
Wisconsin 42
Massachusetts 41
South Carolina 36
New Jersey 34
Arizona 33
Maryland 28
Arkansas 25
Kansas 23
Alabama 22
Oklahoma 21
Idaho 17
Louisiana 15
Iowa 13
Maine 11
Kentucky 10
Nebraska 10
Mississippi 6

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