Girls' name · since 1954
Marketa
673 babies named Marketa in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 673
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marketa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 673 have been recorded since 1954.
Social Security Administration records show Marketa recorded 673 times among girls since 1954, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2009.
- #9,773 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 673 born since 1954
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marketa ranks #9,773 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 673 born since 1954, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 673
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marketa's 673 recorded births place it above 86.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.
Marketa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marketa's full recorded timeline at 1982, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 44 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marketa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2009
- Peak year (1984)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Marketa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (279 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Marketa's strongest decade.
279 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Marketa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 34
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 41
1960s
41 births
- 1970s
1970s
137 births
- 1980s
1980s
279 births
- 1990s
1990s
147 births
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 279 births (41% of all-time use).
How Marketa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marketa's total volume
Marketa by state
Where Marketa concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
12 of 673 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Marketa's data
- Marketa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (279 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Tennessee records the most Marketas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marketa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1954–2009 (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 Marketa 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.