Girls' name · since 1951
Maricia
353 babies named Maricia in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 353
- born since 1951
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maricia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 353 have been recorded since 1951.
Maricia has 353 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2020.
- #14,573 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 353 born since 1951
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maricia ranks #14,573 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 353 born since 1951, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 353
- born since 1951
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maricia's 353 recorded births place it above 79.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maricia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maricia's full recorded timeline at 1983, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maricia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2020
- Peak year (1992)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Maricia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (80 births, 23% of the file).
1990s was Maricia's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Maricia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 30
1950s
30 births
- 1960s
1960s
59 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Maricia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maricia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1951–2020 (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 Maricia 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.