UK girl's name
Margaret-Ann
Margaret-Ann is a girl's name in the UK records.
We estimate that about 13 living people in the UK are called Margaret-Ann. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Margaret-Ann ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #582 in 1987.
- • About 13 living people in the UK are estimated to have Margaret-Ann as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
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Births in -
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Peak year
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Estimated living
13
2026
Geography
Where Margaret-Ann is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Margaret-Ann. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Margaret-Ann ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #582 in 1987.
Across the UK
Margaret-Ann in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#582 in 1987
4 years of NRS records, 13 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Margaret-Ann
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Margaret-Ann Armour
chemist
Scottish-Canadian chemist (1939-2019)
1939-2019
Related
Names similar to Margaret-Ann
- Megan 70,884
- Mia 67,204
- Molly 47,734
- Millie 44,390
- Maisie 32,671
- Matilda 29,965
- Maya 26,445
- Madison 18,441
- Maria 17,304
- Mollie 15,914
- Martha 15,116
- Maddison 14,918
FAQ
Margaret-Ann: questions and answers
Where is Margaret-Ann most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Margaret-Ann ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #582 in 1987. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.