Marieta
Marieta is a name with multiple cultural origins: Romanian, Bulgarian, Armenian, Greek, Spanish.
- Romanian
- Bulgarian
- Armenian
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Marieta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marieta is a name with multiple cultural origins: Romanian, Bulgarian, Armenian, Greek, Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
- Bulgarian
- Armenian
- Greek
- Spanish
The Story of Marieta
The earliest SSA record of Marieta as a baby girl name dates back to 1898, when 6 babies received it. 1930 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Marieta — #2,110 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Marieta on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Marieta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 451 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Marieta
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Names that sound like Marieta
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About the name Marieta
Marieta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 451 births in the dataset. Marieta's peak popularity came in 1930 when it ranked #2,110. Use the chart and map above to compare Marieta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.