Marit — #9625 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marit

The Social Security Administration has registered 786 babies named Marit between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marit currently holds the #9625 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marit performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Marit shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marit in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marit 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 786 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.