Marnita

Peak · girls
1962 · 202 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
820
since 1942

Marnita over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #727, 1962girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024#11,1228
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2021#15,2515
2020—
2019#15,5395
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2014#16,5135
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2012#13,4837
2011#14,8246
2010#16,9925
2009—
2008#15,4056
2007#9,53912
2006#17,1685
2005#10,12810
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2002#8,83711
2001#11,0208
2000#13,1546
1999—
1998#11,1387
1997#13,7245
1996#8,8129
1995#10,5147
1994#9,5868
1993#9,5598
1992—
1991#8,5889
1990#6,46513
1989#6,53112
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1987#7,3539
1986#8,5237
1985#9,3076
1984#7,3988
1983#8,0477
1982#7,4698
1981#4,96314
1980#5,91211
1979#6,18910
1978#6,9488
1977#6,8928
1976#9,2845
1975#7,1737
1974#6,2588
1973#8,4235
1972#6,5587
1971#8,3245
1970#6,3627
1969#4,72310
1968#4,48910
1967#3,48414
1966#3,74012
1965#2,83319
1964#2,53024
1963#1,92237
1962#727202
1961#895145
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1957#5,3776
1956#5,9525
1955#5,2086
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Marnita! It came in at #3,738, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1943–1954, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Marnita is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Marnita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Marnita
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,086 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1962
  • Biggest drop: 1,195 spots in 1963
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 1962 at #727 (202 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1961–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,736
  • Highest: 1 in 9,736 girls born in 1962 were named Marnita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 57.7% of all girls named Marnita (473) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s7#3,738 (1942)#3,738
1950s17#5,208 (1955)#5,512
1960s473#727 (1962)#2,816
1970s70#6,189 (1979)#7,241
1980s82#4,963 (1981)#7,278
1990s66#6,465 (1990)#9,798
2000s58#8,837 (2002)#12,179
2010s28#13,483 (2012)#15,470
2020s19#11,122 (2024)#13,194

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.

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