Girls' name · since 1933
Marchita
Marchita has 39 recorded births since 1933 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,926 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1933
- 1940s
- peak decade
39 girls have been named Marchita since 1933, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marchita has 39 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1969.
- #37,926 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 1933
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marchita ranks #37,926 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 1933, peaking in the 1940s.
- #37,926 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1933
- 1940s
- peak decade
Marchita's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marchita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marchita's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marchita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1969
- Peak year (1953)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Marchita by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (14 births, 36% of the file).
1940s was Marchita's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Marchita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
14 births
- 1950s
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 14 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Marchita's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marchita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1933–1969 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marchita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.