Maricus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Maricus

The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Maricus between 1978 and 2011, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maricus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maricus performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Maricus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maricus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maricus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 125 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.