Marrietta — girls' name
241 babies named Marrietta in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Marrietta was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Marrietta in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marrietta
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Marrietta between 1912 and 1989, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marrietta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marrietta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marrietta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marrietta 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 241 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.
Marrietta at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marrietta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1912
- Peak year (1947)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
241 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 11 births in a single year.
Marrietta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 60 births that decade — 25% of Marrietta's all-time total
Marrietta decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Marrietta's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% 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, 1912–1989 (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.