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Marketta

Recorded 1943–2008 · United States

Marketta was most popular in 1985, when 46 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,516 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 865 people named Marketta.

Most popular in1985
Rank that year#3,516
Births that year46
Total since 1880865
Given to100% girls

Marketta over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Marketta’s peak in 1985. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Marketta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Marketta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 865 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org