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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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
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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 2009

  • 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: #420 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,845 girlsWAIdaho: #381 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,354 girlsIDMontana: 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: #493 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,530 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,272 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,549 girlsMINew York: #1,009 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,318 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedORNevada: #557 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,292 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: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,419 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,926 girlsPANew Jersey: #828 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,791 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #335 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedUTColorado: #523 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,384 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedNEMissouri: 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: #1,156 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,339 girlsVAMaryland: #892 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,944 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedDEArizona: #403 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,764 girlsAZNew Mexico: #388 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsNMKansas: #608 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,752 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedARTennessee: #903 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,086 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,091 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,631 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #637 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,870 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedALGeorgia: #755 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,902 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maritza, so not publishedHITexas: #423 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 2,083 girlsTXFlorida: #875 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,146 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#335 · 1 in 1,719
  2. Idaho#381 · 1 in 1,354
  3. New Mexico#388 · 1 in 1,337
  4. Arizona#403 · 1 in 1,764
  5. Washington#420 · 1 in 1,845

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#3351271 in 1,719
Idaho#38151 in 1,354
New Mexico#38861 in 1,337
Arizona#403191 in 1,764
Washington#420171 in 1,845
Texas#423801 in 2,083
Illinois#493251 in 2,530
Colorado#523101 in 2,384
Nevada#55751 in 2,292
Kansas#60851 in 2,752
Oklahoma#63761 in 2,870
Georgia#755131 in 3,902
New Jersey#82881 in 4,791
Florida#875161 in 5,146
Maryland#89251 in 4,944
Tennessee#90361 in 5,086
New York#1,009151 in 6,318
North Carolina#1,09171 in 6,631
Virginia#1,15651 in 7,339
Michigan#1,27251 in 8,549
Pennsylvania#1,41951 in 10,926
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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 2009

girls
#683
426 births · 1 in 4,312 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #683Maritza426
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 4,312 of them was named Maritza, which outranked 96.6% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maritza
  1. #680Elsie428
  2. #681Brynlee427
  3. #681Luciana427
  4. #683Maritza426
  5. #683Carolyn426
  6. #683Elsa426
  7. #683Kaya426
  8. #687Jessie425
  9. #687Kaylen425
  10. #687Sonia425

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →