How rare is the name Marietta?

9,123 people in the United States have the first name Marietta, about 1 in 33,107. It ranks #2,613 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARIETTA

#2,613

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,123
About
1 in 33,107
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,123 people named Marietta, 61% reported their origin as White, 15.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 13.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marietta peaked in 1921, when 295 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
295
In 2025*
41 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,055 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marietta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #771. The largest share of babies named Marietta, 27.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#781231
1890s#780346
1900s#771485
1910s#7861,723
1920s#8082,440
1930s#8022,228
1940s#9262,231
1950s#1,0972,208
1960s#1,5571,326
1970s#2,989496
1980s#3,985396
1990s#6,422274
2000s#10,125199
2010s#8,755263
2020s#7,170209
Before 19014.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.5%
Baby boom 1946–6426.6%
Generation X 1965–806.6%
Millennials 1981–963.7%
Generation Z 1997–122.2%
2013 and later2.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marietta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marietta has been most common in Indiana (2.7×), Kentucky (2.5×), and Kansas (2.2×), and least common in Florida (0.25×).

9,180 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Marietta

#2,611 Ayesha · 9,146#2,611 Jaron · 9,146#2,614 Loraine · 9,120#2,615 Lakisha · 9,110

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marietta, most common first.

#3,689 Marita · 5,506#9,912 Marieta · 1,373#10,099 Mariette · 1,337#15,170 Maryetta · 763#17,668 Maretta · 619#32,104 Maritta · 264#32,949 Mareta · 253#34,440 Marrietta · 237

Also a last name

As a last name, Marietta ranks #25,455 of 156,621, with 1,018 people. See Marietta as a last name

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