Maretta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Maretta

The Social Security Administration has registered 896 babies named Maretta between 1898 and 2014, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maretta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Maretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maretta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maretta 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 896 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.