Girls' name · since 1964
Marguetta
Since 1964, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Marguetta, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
86 girls have been named Marguetta since 1964, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marguetta has 86 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1988.
- #28,853 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1964
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marguetta ranks #28,853 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1964, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marguetta's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marguetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marguetta splits its recorded history at 1979: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marguetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1988
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Marguetta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (40 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Marguetta's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Marguetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 40 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marguetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marguetta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.