Girls' name · since 1924
Marleta
76 babies named Marleta in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1924
- 1950s
- peak decade
76 girls have been named Marleta since 1924, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marleta has 76 recorded births among girls since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 1962.
- #30,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 1924
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marleta ranks #30,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 1924, peaking in the 1950s.
- #30,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1924
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marleta's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marleta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marleta's full recorded timeline at 1951, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1962 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marleta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1962
- Peak year (1962)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Marleta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (30 births, 39% of the file).
1950s was Marleta's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Marleta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
30 births
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 30 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Marleta's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 1960s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Marleta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1924–1962 (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 Marleta 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.