Girl name#1,106 of girl names
Marietta
Pronounced M EH2 R IY0 EH1 T AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1921
- 145 years in use
How popular is Marietta?
Marietta is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 15,013 children — the 1,106th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 318 births across the past decade, against a peak of 295 in a single year. That peak was in 1921.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M EH2 R IY0 EH1 T AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 2010
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Marietta
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Marietta
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Marietta?
- Marietta ranks 1,106th among girls' names in US records, with 15,013 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 318.
- Is Marietta a unisex name?
- No. Marietta is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Marietta most popular?
- 1921, when 295 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.