Marita

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births

Peak · girls
1938 · 83 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,088
since 1901

Marita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marita has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #764, 1938girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,54617
2024#11,1228
2023#6,92216
2022#13,5926
2021#7,63014
2020#12,1427
2019#9,73610
2018#7,10016
2017#9,34111
2016#6,66318
2015#8,93112
2014#7,30216
2013#9,03612
2012#7,45616
2011#10,37410
2010#7,51316
2009#15,2426
2008#10,08411
2007#12,6768
2006#9,28612
2005#7,50015
2004#9,89210
2003#7,99813
2002#4,76725
2001#5,82219
2000#5,49120
1999#5,89617
1998#6,36015
1997#6,84413
1996#7,13012
1995#4,51822
1994#4,37623
1993#3,35133
1992#4,08825
1991#3,63329
1990#3,15635
1989#3,47729
1988#3,80524
1987#3,25728
1986#3,13529
1985#2,36242
1984#2,26643
1983#2,65933
1982#2,08249
1981#2,30543
1980#2,21845
1979#2,67133
1978#2,05046
1977#2,71530
1976#2,21038
1975#2,06042
1974#2,02941
1973#1,93942
1972#2,22234
1971#2,00142
1970#2,01741
1969#1,72849
1968#1,55954
1967#1,38263
1966#1,24175
1965#1,26372
1964#1,22980
1963#1,18884
1962#1,10198
1961#1,079103
1960#1,029109
1959#1,09995
1958#951118
1957#1,015106
1956#956111
1955#883121
1954#841125
1953#915106
1952#98392
1951#914100
1950#1,00782
1949#91594
1948#89095
1947#96685
1946#89786
1945#1,00359
1944#1,05355
1943#90773
1942#87378
1941#79083
1940#88765
1939#93956
1938#76483
1937#89659
1936#97949
1935#84067
1934#88859
1933#81467
1932#96953
1931#1,06044
1930#1,16141
1929#1,17440
1928#1,22339
1927#1,21341
1926#1,38833
1925#1,25239
1924#1,18844
1923#1,26738
1922#1,64626
1921#1,37434
1920#1,58427
1919#1,39331
1918#1,25536
1917#1,50725
1916#1,63022
1915#1,33928
1914#1,81814
1913#1,46516
1912#1,84410
1911#2,4635
1910#1,42111
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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five girls were named Marita! It came in at #1,466, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902–1906, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Marita is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedMNIllinois: #477 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,715 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedIAIndiana: #351 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,232 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedMOKentucky: #445 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,515 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Marita, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#351 · 1 in 4,232
  2. Kentucky#445 · 1 in 5,515
  3. Illinois#477 · 1 in 6,715

Best ever in a state: #198 in Maine, 1933.

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Illinois#47781 in 6,715
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Marita
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 4,576 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #6,546)
  • 5,596 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #6,546)
  • 2,385 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 155 spots in 1933 (#969 → #814)
  • Biggest drop: 175 spots in 1939 (#764 → #939)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1938 at #764 (83 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1932–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,295
  • Highest: 1 in 13,295 girls born in 1938 were named Marita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 20.8% of all girls named Marita (1,056) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s13#1,466 (1901)#1,553
1910s198#1,255 (1918)#1,614
1920s361#1,174 (1929)#1,331
1930s578#764 (1938)#931
1940s773#790 (1941)#918
1950s1,056#841 (1954)#956
1960s787#1,029 (1960)#1,280
1970s389#1,939 (1973)#2,191
1980s365#2,082 (1982)#2,757
1990s224#3,156 (1990)#4,935
2000s139#4,767 (2002)#8,876
2010s137#6,663 (2016)#8,345
2020s68#6,546 (2025)#9,659

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marita in 1939

girls
#939
56 births · 1 in 19,582 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #939Marita56
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 19,582 of them was named Marita, which outranked 81.0% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marita
  1. #930Rhonda57
  2. #930Rosanna57
  3. #930Winnifred57
  4. #939Marita56
  5. #939Blanch56
  6. #939Daphne56
  7. #939Deana56
  8. #953Ardell55
  9. #953Janine55
  10. #953Mari55

Tied with 13 names at #939; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1939 →