Marietta — #4547 US girls' name
15,013 babies named Marietta in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Marietta was born in this single decade.
295 babies were named Marietta in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marietta
The Social Security Administration has registered 15,013 babies named Marietta between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marietta currently holds the #4547 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 295 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marietta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,440 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marietta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,170 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Marietta in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marietta 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 15,013 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.
Marietta at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Marietta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1921)
- 295
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #4547 among girls.
15,013 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 295 births in a single year.
Marietta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 2,440 births that decade — 16% of Marietta's all-time total
Marietta decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,440 births
- Runner-up 2,231 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Marietta's strongest decade
2,440 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Marietta by state
Where Marietta concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,170 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 834 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 794 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 592 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 576 | 3.8% |
| #6 | California | | 534 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 446 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 414 | 2.8% |
1,170 of 15,013 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.3% of nationwide
- Indiana 3.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Marietta appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.