Marita
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 83 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,088since 1901
Marita over time
Rank among girls' names. Marita has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 |
| 1984 | #2,266 | 43 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 |
| 1982 | #2,082 | 49 |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 |
| 1968 | #1,559 | 54 |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 |
| 1966 | #1,241 | 75 |
| 1965 | #1,263 | 72 |
| 1964 | #1,229 | 80 |
| 1963 | #1,188 | 84 |
| 1962 | #1,101 | 98 |
| 1961 | #1,079 | 103 |
| 1960 | #1,029 | 109 |
| 1959 | #1,099 | 95 |
| 1958 | #951 | 118 |
| 1957 | #1,015 | 106 |
| 1956 | #956 | 111 |
| 1955 | #883 | 121 |
| 1954 | #841 | 125 |
| 1953 | #915 | 106 |
| 1952 | #983 | 92 |
| 1951 | #914 | 100 |
| 1950 | #1,007 | 82 |
| 1949 | #915 | 94 |
| 1948 | #890 | 95 |
| 1947 | #966 | 85 |
| 1946 | #897 | 86 |
| 1945 | #1,003 | 59 |
| 1944 | #1,053 | 55 |
| 1943 | #907 | 73 |
| 1942 | #873 | 78 |
| 1941 | #790 | 83 |
| 1940 | #887 | 65 |
| 1939 | #939 | 56 |
| 1938 | #764 | 83 |
| 1937 | #896 | 59 |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 |
| 1935 | #840 | 67 |
| 1934 | #888 | 59 |
| 1933 | #814 | 67 |
| 1932 | #969 | 53 |
| 1931 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1930 | #1,161 | 41 |
| 1929 | #1,174 | 40 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1924 | #1,188 | 44 |
| 1923 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
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| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
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| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
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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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#577 · 1 in 8,542
- Illinois#688 · 1 in 9,693
- Ohio#773 · 1 in 13,030
- Texas#1,324 · 1 in 22,352
- New York#1,333 · 1 in 33,594
Best ever in a state: #198 in Maine, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #577 | 13 | 1 in 8,542 |
| Illinois | #688 | 11 | 1 in 9,693 |
| Ohio | #773 | 8 | 1 in 13,030 |
| Texas | #1,324 | 5 | 1 in 22,352 |
| New York | #1,333 | 5 | 1 in 33,594 |
| California | #1,434 | 6 | 1 in 29,188 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1938 at #764 (83 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1932–1943
- 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%)
- 20.8% of all girls named Marita (1,056) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #1,466 (1901) | #1,553 |
| 1910s | 198 | #1,255 (1918) | #1,614 |
| 1920s | 361 | #1,174 (1929) | #1,331 |
| 1930s | 578 | #764 (1938) | #931 |
| 1940s | 773 | #790 (1941) | #918 |
| 1950s | 1,056 | #841 (1954) | #956 |
| 1960s | 787 | #1,029 (1960) | #1,280 |
| 1970s | 389 | #1,939 (1973) | #2,191 |
| 1980s | 365 | #2,082 (1982) | #2,757 |
| 1990s | 224 | #3,156 (1990) | #4,935 |
| 2000s | 139 | #4,767 (2002) | #8,876 |
| 2010s | 137 | #6,663 (2016) | #8,345 |
| 2020s | 68 | #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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 19,597 of them was named Marita, which outranked 85.7% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).