Girls' name · since 1947
Marit
800 babies named Marit in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,560 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 800
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marit currently ranks #7560 among girls' names in America, with 800 babies recorded since 1947.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marit has been recorded 800 times among girls since 1947, currently ranked #7560 nationally and more common than 56% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #8,719 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,560 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 800 born since 1947
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marit ranks #8,719 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,560 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 800 born since 1947, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,560 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 800
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marit's 800 recorded births place it above 87.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
How Marit compares
800 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Marit's all-time total is 113% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marit | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 800 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marit's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Marit by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (151 births, 19% of the file).
2010s was Marit's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Marit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 25
1950s
25 births
- 1960s
1960s
101 births
- 1970s
1970s
102 births
- 1980s
1980s
120 births
- 1990s
1990s
110 births
- 2000s
2000s
111 births
- 2010s
2010s
151 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 151 births (19% of all-time use).
How Marit 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 Marit's total volume
Marit by state
Where Marit concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
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What to do with Marit's data
- Marit's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (151 total births) through the 2020s (68) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Minnesota records the most Marits (83 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
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 Marit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Marit 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.