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

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Peak · girls
2005 · 780 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,153
since 1945

Maritza over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maritza has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #403, 2005girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#2,82260—
2024#2,23184—
2023#2,15688—
2022#1,898106—
2021#2,05793—
2020#1,92499—
2019#1,773115—
2018#1,677124—
2017#1,529144—
2016#1,439160—
2015#1,199208—
2014#1,205202—
2013#1,138211—
2012#841317—
2011#871300—
2010#804340—
2009#683426—
2008#565545—
2007#529590—
2006#495615—
2005#403780—
2004#416735—
2003#558495—
2002#566468—
2001#529506—
2000#552474—
1999#600406—
1998#550451—
1997#513469—
1996#472525—
1995#477517#6,4078
1994#447567—
1993#430583#6,2288
1992#427591—
1991#412620#5,9428
1990#485501#4,99310
1989#503467#4,81110
1988#578353#6,4266
1987#537375#3,73112
1986#514403—
1985#644287—
1984#597301#5,5616
1983#604293#5,4846
1982#627287—
1981#603306—
1980#550339—
1979#587308—
1978#694229—
1977#610276—
1976#559301—
1975#585280—
1974#562290—
1973#573281—
1972#563294—
1971#569308—
1970#569320—
1969#568299—
1968#611247—
1967#612241—
1966#609243—
1965#622246—
1964#674229#4,0395
1963#681218—
1962#667233—
1961#650248—
1960#689217—
1959#712197—
1958#776166—
1957#924123—
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1955#1,01098—
1954#1,05786—
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1952#2,20022—
1951#2,57716—
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First appearance
1945

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 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedNHWashington: #376 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,727 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedMNIllinois: #322 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 1,562 girlsILWisconsin: #518 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,783 girlsWIMichigan: #1,085 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,893 girlsMINew York: #508 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,717 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedRIOregon: #322 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,325 girlsORNevada: #197 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 725 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedIAIndiana: #619 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,612 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,015 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,837 girlsPANew Jersey: #445 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,388 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #202 for girls · 237 births · 1 in 972 girlsCAUtah: #686 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,680 girlsUTColorado: #473 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,248 girlsCONebraska: #390 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,658 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,087 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,421 girlsVAMaryland: #737 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,128 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedDEArizona: #204 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 867 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedNMKansas: #504 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,294 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedARTennessee: #762 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,439 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #328 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,565 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #583 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,908 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedMSAlabama: #564 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,819 girlsALGeorgia: #427 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,141 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedHITexas: #236 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 1,115 girlsTXFlorida: #456 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,449 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#197 · 1 in 725
  2. California#202 · 1 in 972
  3. Arizona#204 · 1 in 867
  4. Texas#236 · 1 in 1,115
  5. Oregon#322 · 1 in 1,325

Best ever in a state: #151 in Arizona, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#197161 in 725
California#2022371 in 972
Arizona#204411 in 867
Texas#2361441 in 1,115
Illinois#322431 in 1,562
Oregon#322121 in 1,325
North Carolina#328291 in 1,565
Washington#376171 in 1,727
Nebraska#39051 in 1,658
Georgia#427241 in 2,141
New Jersey#445171 in 2,388
Florida#456351 in 2,449
Colorado#473111 in 2,248
Kansas#50461 in 2,294
New York#508351 in 2,717
Wisconsin#51891 in 2,783
Alabama#56471 in 2,819
South Carolina#58361 in 2,908
Indiana#61991 in 3,612
Utah#68651 in 3,680
Maryland#73761 in 4,128
Tennessee#76271 in 4,439
Pennsylvania#1,01571 in 7,837
Michigan#1,08561 in 7,893
Virginia#1,08751 in 7,421
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 2005 at #403 (780 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1956–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,369
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 24.3% of all girls named Maritza (5,634) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s23#4,345 (1947)#4,699
1950s896#712 (1959)#1,397
1960s2,421#568 (1969)#638
1970s2,887#559 (1976)#587
1980s3,411#503 (1989)#576
1990s5,230#412 (1991)#481
2000s5,634#403 (2005)#530
2010s2,121#804 (2010)#1,248
2020s530#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 2005

girls
#403
780 births · 1 in 2,369 girls

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #403Maritza780
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 2,369 of them was named Maritza, which outranked 97.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maritza
  1. #400Yesenia786
  2. #401Lesly783
  3. #402Nia782
  4. #403Maritza780
  5. #404Hailee779
  6. #405Johanna778
  7. #406Lauryn777
Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →