Marquetta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-KET-uh
- Origin
- French
Marquetta is a girls' name of French origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Marquetta come from?
French: feminine elaboration of Marquette
Is Marquetta a girl's or a boy's name?
Marquetta is a girls' name.
How popular is Marquetta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 91 girls. It first appears in the records in 1929.
Half of all the girls named Marquetta in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marquetta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,984 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,647 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 82 | #1,505 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,631 |
| 1984 | 91 | #1,332 |
| 1983 | 80 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,769 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,092 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,865 |
| 1975 | 35 | #2,321 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,755 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,296 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,167 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,116 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,027 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
Names like Marquetta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa, Maria, Angela, Monica, Rebecca, Amanda, Christina, Jessica, Teresa, Melinda, Cassandra, Vanessa
Names related to Marquetta
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marquetta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marquetta, updated 20 October 2026.