Marvetta — girls' name
298 babies named Marvetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Marvetta was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Marvetta in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marvetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 298 babies named Marvetta between 1939 and 1987, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marvetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marvetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marvetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marvetta 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 298 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.
Marvetta at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marvetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1939
- Peak year (1961)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
298 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 19 births in a single year.
Marvetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 105 births that decade — 35% of Marvetta's all-time total
Marvetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Marvetta's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 1939–1987 (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.