Given name & surname

Mareta

Mareta is a feminine given name. It is used in Old Czech.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Mareta isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Mareta through the years

Babies since 1880
151
0 boys · 151 girls
Most popular year
1930
13 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Mareta in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1900–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 253 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Mareta’s family of names

In Swedish usage, Mareta has a conventional equivalent in the German form Margarete. In Greek usage, Mareta is a transliteration of Μαρέτα.

Walk Mareta’s family in the name graph

MaretaΜαρέταMärtaMargarete

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Mareta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

French · Old-fashioned

Marietta

Marietta is used as a given name and a surname. Marietta is connected with Maria and Mary.

30RareSteady

>99% girls

 

Aletta

“small and winged”

23RareRising

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Maryrose

Maryrose is a feminine given name.

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Italian

Arietta

“a short but beautiful melody”

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Spanish · Old-fashioned

Manuela

“God is with us”

35RareSteady

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Arla

Arla is a feminine given name.

25RareRising

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Margie

Margie is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Cebuano.

21RareRising

>99% girls

Ancient Greek · Old-fashioned

Margarette

“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”

17Very rareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Mareta’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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