Marietta
Marietta was given to 41 girls in 2025, #3,683 among girls’ names; 15,055 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,460 Americans named Marietta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 54 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marietta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marietta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marietta is “a female given name from Italian, a diminutive of Maria.”
From Italian Marietta. By surface analysis, Maria /Marie /Mary + -etta. Piecewise doublet of Mariette.
/ˌmɛəɹiˈɛtə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marietta?
#3,683 among girls’ names, 2025
Marietta rose from #5,067 in 2015 to #3,683 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 15.1 to 25.5 per million.
295 babies in 1921, the peak
Marietta peaked in 1921, when 295 girls were given it, #391 among girls’ names. The 41 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,683 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,626 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,521 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,266 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,467 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,584 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,506 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,093 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,447 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,316 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | #5,067 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,979 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,597 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,346 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,067 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,101 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,485 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,316 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,622 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,514 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 20 | #6,157 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,886 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,717 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,813 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,937 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,375 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,809 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,254 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,674 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,683 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 26 | #4,050 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,073 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,475 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,462 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,777 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,990 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,290 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,679 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,135 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,098 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,630 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,822 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,221 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 51 | #2,042 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,928 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,269 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,368 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,261 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,992 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,158 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,311 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,898 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,615 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,648 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,656 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 76 | #1,379 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 81 | #1,247 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 85 | #1,173 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 95 | #1,069 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 90 | #1,117 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 103 | #1,030 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 165 | #817 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 141 | #885 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 174 | #787 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 185 | #773 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 207 | #709 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 193 | #724 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 182 | #732 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 225 | #656 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 169 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 241 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 225 | #605 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 239 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1952 | 241 | #555 | 0.13 |
| 1951 | 227 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 266 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1949 | 223 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 245 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 238 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 214 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1945 | 189 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1944 | 202 | #507 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 221 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 233 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 232 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1940 | 234 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1939 | 235 | #440 | 0.21 |
| 1938 | 278 | #399 | 0.25 |
| 1937 | 250 | #411 | 0.23 |
| 1936 | 240 | #416 | 0.23 |
| 1935 | 221 | #434 | 0.21 |
| 1934 | 170 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1933 | 185 | #475 | 0.18 |
| 1932 | 198 | #465 | 0.19 |
| 1931 | 220 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1930 | 231 | #446 | 0.21 |
| 1929 | 201 | #475 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 248 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1927 | 216 | #476 | 0.18 |
| 1926 | 214 | #474 | 0.18 |
| 1925 | 237 | #451 | 0.19 |
| 1924 | 246 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1923 | 264 | #412 | 0.22 |
| 1922 | 285 | #386 | 0.24 |
| 1921 | 295 | #391 | 0.24 |
| 1920 | 234 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1919 | 264 | #397 | 0.23 |
| 1918 | 245 | #421 | 0.21 |
| 1917 | 236 | #412 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 213 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 216 | #407 | 0.22 |
| 1914 | 163 | #418 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 111 | #482 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 123 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1911 | 91 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1910 | 61 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 64 | #471 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 56 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 45 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 49 | #495 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 37 | #577 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 48 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 33 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 47 | #461 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 49 | #429 | 0.20 |
| 1900 | 57 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1899 | 41 | #459 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 47 | #447 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 34 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 43 | #446 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 38 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 43 | #426 | 0.19 |
| 1893 | 22 | #622 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 29 | #509 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 16 | #686 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 33 | #457 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 15 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 37 | #407 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 28 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1886 | 24 | #447 | 0.17 |
| 1885 | 18 | #515 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 24 | #413 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 26 | #363 | 0.23 |
| 1882 | 17 | #452 | 0.16 |
| 1881 | 21 | #368 | 0.23 |
| 1880 | 21 | #361 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marietta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marietta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Marietta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marietta, and how old are they?
6,460 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 15,055 Americans ever recorded as Marietta. The median Marietta alive today is 68 years old; half are between 54 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 9,123 people named Marietta (9,107 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,440 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,180 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,070 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 915 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 540 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 326 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 409 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marietta born?
The states with the most babies named Marietta are New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,170 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 834 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 794 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 592 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 576 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 534 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 446 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 414 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 406 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 406 | #3,163 | 0.5× |
Where Marietta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marietta is most over-represented in Indiana: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marietta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 24,081 babies since 1880, Marietta is the most given (63% of them). In 2025 it was given to 41 of their 63 babies (65%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marietta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marietta and names like it
- Compare Marietta and MaritaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMarietta peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marietta since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Marietta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Marietta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.