Girls' name · since 1943
Marketta
Marketta has 865 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 865
- born since 1943
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marketta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 865 recorded since 1943.
Marketta has 865 recorded births among girls since 1943, 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 1943 to 2008.
- #8,305 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 865 born since 1943
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marketta ranks #8,305 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 865 born since 1943, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 865
- born since 1943
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marketta's 865 recorded births place it above 88.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Marketta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marketta splits its recorded history at 1976: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 46 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marketta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2008
- Peak year (1985)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Marketta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (300 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Marketta's strongest decade.
300 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Marketta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 69
1950s
69 births
- 1960s
1960s
143 births
- 1970s
1970s
181 births
- 1980s
1980s
300 births
- 1990s
1990s
155 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 300 births (35% of all-time use).
How Marketta 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 Marketta's total volume
Marketta by state
Where Marketta concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
10 of 865 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Marketta's decade-level peak was the 1980s (300 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Markettas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marketta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1943–2008 (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 Marketta 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.