Girls' name · since 1973
Maridith
19 babies named Maridith in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,558 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
19 girls have been named Maridith since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Maridith has 19 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 1999.
- #46,558 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maridith ranks #46,558 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #46,558 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maridith's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maridith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maridith splits its recorded history at 1990: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maridith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1999
- Peak year (1973)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1999.
19 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 7 births in a single year.
Maridith by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 63% of the file).
1990s was Maridith's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Maridith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (63% of all-time use).
Maridith decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maridith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1973–1999 (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 Maridith 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.
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