Girls' name · since 1942
Marqueta
Marqueta has 253 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 253
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marqueta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 253 have been recorded since 1942.
Marqueta has 253 recorded births among girls since 1942, 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 1942 to 1997.
- #17,494 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 253 born since 1942
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marqueta ranks #17,494 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 253 born since 1942, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 253
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marqueta's 253 recorded births place it above 75.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marqueta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marqueta's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1942, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marqueta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1997
- Peak year (1983)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Marqueta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (135 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Marqueta's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Marqueta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 52
1970s
52 births
- 1980s
1980s
135 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 135 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Marqueta's decade-level peak was the 1980s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marqueta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
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, 1942–1997 (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 Marqueta 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.