Marita Girl
How popular is Marita?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Marita in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
Marita popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▲ 4572 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,926 in 2015, #12,137 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1954 (125 girls) |
| Highest rank | #764 in 1938 |
| First recorded | 1901 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marita counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marita family of names ranked #3,706 for girls in 2025 (#4,749 the year before), with 22 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marita | 17 | 77% |
| Maritta | 5 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marita is most popular
Babies named Marita per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Marita by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1910s | 198 | #1,255 |
| 1920s | 361 | #1,174 |
| 1930s | 578 | #764 |
| 1940s | 773 | #790 |
| 1950s | 1,056 | #840 |
| 1960s | 787 | #1,028 |
| 1970s | 389 | #1,939 |
| 1980s | 365 | #2,082 |
| 1990s | 224 | #3,151 |
| 2000s | 139 | #4,763 |
| 2010s | 137 | #6,660 |
| 2020s | 68 | #6,545 |
Girl names about as popular as Marita
Questions
- Is Marita a boy or girl name?
- Marita is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marita were girls.
- How popular is the name Marita?
- 17 baby girls were named Marita in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Marita most popular?
- Marita peaked in 1954, when 125 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #764 in 1938.
- How many people are named Marita?
- 5,088 babies have been named Marita in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,498 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Marita most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marita was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.