Marketta

Girl · recorded 1943–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1985best year

Most popular in 1985.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1943

0142719431959197619922008

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 51 recorded years as a table
Marketta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19434
19513
19526
19533
19545
19554
19576
19586
19593
19606
19618
19626
19638
19648
19658
19666
196710
19687
196911
19709
19718
197211
197310
19748
197513
197612
197716
197814
197915
198017
198111
198212
198323
198420
198527
198616
198722
198815
198910
199014
199113
199213
199314
19948
19953
19965
19975
19986
19995
20043
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marketta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
6
Rank in 2008
#15,405
How rare
1 in 315,156 girls
Since 1943
865

Marketta was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1985, at 27 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Marketta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.