How Popular Is The Name Margaret (Rita) In The UK?

Quite popular. There are large numbers of people named after famous Margarets, such as the late Princess Margaret, and Baroness Margaret Thatcher.

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Yes, a splendid big chunk of Ireland is in the UK. The bit which doesn't have to pay €3.1bn a year to the European Central Bank. There are many ladies there called Margaret, here is one. She was abused by a priest:

1 - Rita is not short for Margaret, they are two completely different names

2 - Rita is not popular at all. Aside from the singer Rita Ora, I have only ever heard of one other person with that name.

3 - Margaret was a popular name up until around the 1940s when its popularity began to decline. I don't know anyone under the age of 70 called Margaret.

4 - Ireland is not in the UK

I know two ladies called Rita.

That is their name,not Margaret

Rita may be short for Margaret,but I have never heard of it before

I have never heard of anyone called either Rita or Margaret who is under 40 years old

Ireland isn't in the UK

And no it's not popular - it's a very old fashioned name.

Very popular name

Very in Scotland.

(Saint Margaret and all that)

i married one ...she is very popular with me