Girls' name · since 1941
Marytheresa
Marytheresa has 42 recorded births since 1941 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 42
- total births
- 1941–1981
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
42 girls have been named Marytheresa since 1941, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marytheresa has been recorded 42 times among girls since 1941, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 1981.
- 42 total births
- 1941–1981 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marytheresa's 42 recorded births place it above 49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
Marytheresa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marytheresa's full recorded timeline at 1959, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1941, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marytheresa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1981
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Marytheresa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Marytheresa's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Marytheresa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
- 1960s
1960s
14 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 18 births (43% of all-time use).
Marytheresa by state
Where Marytheresa concentrates geographically, total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 23.8% |
10 of 42 births nationwide.
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What to do with Marytheresa's data
- Marytheresa's decade-level peak was the 1950s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Marytheresas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1941–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marytheresa: Baby Name Since 1941 - 42 Births, Peak 1959." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marytheresa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marytheresa 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 July 2026.