Marqueta — girls' name
253 babies named Marqueta in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Marqueta was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Marqueta in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marqueta
The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Marqueta between 1942 and 1997, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marqueta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marqueta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marqueta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marqueta 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 253 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.
Marqueta at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marqueta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1942
- Peak year (1983)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
253 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 28 births in a single year.
Marqueta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 135 births that decade — 53% of Marqueta's all-time total
Marqueta decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Marqueta's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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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, 1942–1997 (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.