Marytheresa — girls' name
42 babies named Marytheresa in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
42 girls have been named Marytheresa since 1941, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1981.
- 42
- total births
- 1941–1981
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Marytheresa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Marytheresa in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marytheresa
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Marytheresa between 1941 and 1981, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marytheresa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marytheresa performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marytheresa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marytheresa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marytheresa 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 42 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.
Marytheresa at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marytheresa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1941
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
42 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 7 births in a single year.
Marytheresa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 18 births that decade — 43% of Marytheresa's all-time total
Marytheresa decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Marytheresa's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 23.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1941–1981 (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.