Recorded 1919–1947 Girls' name Peak 1919 26 births

Maetta — girls' name

26 babies named Maetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s61920s151940s5
1920s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Maetta was born in this single decade.

1919
Single peak year

6 babies were named Maetta in 1919 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Maetta between 1919 and 1947, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maetta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maetta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maetta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Maetta at a glance

Last recorded 1947

Total births

26

Since 1919

29 years of records

Peak year

1919

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1947

Active since

1919

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 1947

Maetta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1919

Last recorded 1947
Peak year (1919)
6
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
4.555.566.5 19471926192519241919 6

Maetta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
15 births that decade — 58% of Maetta's all-time total
1910s61920s151940s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maetta?
26 babies have been named Maetta since 1919. It was last recorded in 1947. The peak year was 1919 with 6 births.
When was Maetta most popular?
Maetta was most popular in the 1920s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1919.
How long has the name Maetta been used?
Maetta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1919, spanning 29 years of data through 1947.
What names are similar to Maetta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mae, Maeve, Maegan, Maelynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.