Girls' name · since 1962
Maricruz
2,917 babies named Maricruz in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,583 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,917
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maricruz currently ranks #7583 among girls' names in America, with 2,917 babies recorded since 1962.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maricruz has been recorded 2,917 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #7583 nationally and more common than 56% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #3,663 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,583 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,917 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maricruz ranks #3,663 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,583 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,917 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,583 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,917
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maricruz's 2,917 recorded births place it above 94.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maricruz compares
2,917 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maricruz's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maricruz | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,917 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 169 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maricruz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maricruz splits its recorded history at 1994: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1962 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 169 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maricruz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 169
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Maricruz by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,088 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Maricruz's strongest decade.
1,088 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Maricruz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 97
1960s
97 births
- 1970s 307
1970s
307 births
- 1980s
1980s
440 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,088 births
- 2000s
2000s
665 births
- 2010s 230
2010s
230 births
- 2020s 90
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,088 births (37% of all-time use).
How Maricruz compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maricruz's total volume
Maricruz by state
Where Maricruz concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,210 | 41.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 644 | 22.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 113 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 48 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 24 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 11 | 0.4% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.2% |
1,210 of 2,917 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Maricruz appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maricruz's data
- Maricruz's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,088 total births); usage has since declined to 90 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Maricruzs (1,210 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Maricruz
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maricruz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Maricruz 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.