Marita — #11111 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marita

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,071 babies named Marita between 1901 and 2024, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marita currently holds the #11111 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 125 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,056 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Marita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 363 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marita in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marita 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 5,071 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.