Maritza
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,407
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 780 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,153since 1945
Maritza over time
Rank among girls' names. Maritza has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,231 | 84 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,156 | 88 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,898 | 106 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,057 | 93 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 99 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,677 | 124 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,529 | 144 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,439 | 160 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,199 | 208 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,205 | 202 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,138 | 211 | — | |
| 2012 | #841 | 317 | — | |
| 2011 | #871 | 300 | — | |
| 2010 | #804 | 340 | — | |
| 2009 | #683 | 426 | — | |
| 2008 | #565 | 545 | — | |
| 2007 | #529 | 590 | — | |
| 2006 | #495 | 615 | — | |
| 2005 | #403 | 780 | — | |
| 2004 | #416 | 735 | — | |
| 2003 | #558 | 495 | — | |
| 2002 | #566 | 468 | — | |
| 2001 | #529 | 506 | — | |
| 2000 | #552 | 474 | — | |
| 1999 | #600 | 406 | — | |
| 1998 | #550 | 451 | — | |
| 1997 | #513 | 469 | — | |
| 1996 | #472 | 525 | — | |
| 1995 | #477 | 517 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #447 | 567 | — | |
| 1993 | #430 | 583 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #427 | 591 | — | |
| 1991 | #412 | 620 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #485 | 501 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #503 | 467 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #578 | 353 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #537 | 375 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #514 | 403 | — | |
| 1985 | #644 | 287 | — | |
| 1984 | #597 | 301 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #604 | 293 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #627 | 287 | — | |
| 1981 | #603 | 306 | — | |
| 1980 | #550 | 339 | — | |
| 1979 | #587 | 308 | — | |
| 1978 | #694 | 229 | — | |
| 1977 | #610 | 276 | — | |
| 1976 | #559 | 301 | — | |
| 1975 | #585 | 280 | — | |
| 1974 | #562 | 290 | — | |
| 1973 | #573 | 281 | — | |
| 1972 | #563 | 294 | — | |
| 1971 | #569 | 308 | — | |
| 1970 | #569 | 320 | — | |
| 1969 | #568 | 299 | — | |
| 1968 | #611 | 247 | — | |
| 1967 | #612 | 241 | — | |
| 1966 | #609 | 243 | — | |
| 1965 | #622 | 246 | — | |
| 1964 | #674 | 229 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #681 | 218 | — | |
| 1962 | #667 | 233 | — | |
| 1961 | #650 | 248 | — | |
| 1960 | #689 | 217 | — | |
| 1959 | #712 | 197 | — | |
| 1958 | #776 | 166 | — | |
| 1957 | #924 | 123 | — | |
| 1956 | #977 | 107 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,010 | 98 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,057 | 86 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,199 | 65 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Maritza! It came in at #4,556, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Maritza is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#258 · 1 in 1,650
- California#290 · 1 in 1,592
- New York#362 · 1 in 2,319
- New Jersey#427 · 1 in 3,261
- Florida#467 · 1 in 3,426
Best ever in a state: #151 in Arizona, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #258 | 44 | 1 in 1,650 |
| California | #290 | 121 | 1 in 1,592 |
| New York | #362 | 45 | 1 in 2,319 |
| New Jersey | #427 | 12 | 1 in 3,261 |
| Florida | #467 | 18 | 1 in 3,426 |
| Texas | #508 | 36 | 1 in 3,623 |
| Arizona | #589 | 5 | 1 in 4,221 |
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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 Maritza
- 591 spots since 2024 (#2,231 → #2,822)
- 898 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #2,822)
- 1,623 spots since 2015 (#1,199 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1958 (#924 → #776)
- Biggest drop: 297 spots in 2013 (#841 → #1,138)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 2005 at #403 (780 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1956–2012
- Highest: 1 in 2,369 girls born in 2005 were named Maritza (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.3% of all girls named Maritza (5,634) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #4,345 (1947) | #4,699 |
| 1950s | 896 | #712 (1959) | #1,397 |
| 1960s | 2,421 | #568 (1969) | #638 |
| 1970s | 2,887 | #559 (1976) | #587 |
| 1980s | 3,411 | #503 (1989) | #576 |
| 1990s | 5,230 | #412 (1991) | #481 |
| 2000s | 5,634 | #403 (2005) | #530 |
| 2010s | 2,121 | #804 (2010) | #1,248 |
| 2020s | 530 | #1,898 (2022) | #2,181 |
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.
Maritza in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 5,594 of them was named Maritza, which outranked 95.1% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 300,808 of them was named Maritza, which outranked 24.2% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,973Zenon7
- #4,973Zeus7
- #4,973Zubair7
- #5,561Maritza6
- #5,561Aaryn6
- #5,561Abdulaziz6
- #5,561Abdur6
- #6,315Abbott5
- #6,315Abdel5
- #6,315Abdon5
Tied with 753 names at #5,561; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.