Girls' name · since 1973
Marites
73 babies named Marites in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,674 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
73 girls have been named Marites since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marites has 73 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 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1985.
- #30,674 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marites ranks #30,674 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #30,674 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marites's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Marites's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marites splits its recorded history at 1981: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marites popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1985
- Peak year (1978)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Marites by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (43 births, 59% of the file).
1980s was Marites's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Marites births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 43 births (59% of all-time use).
Marites by state
Where Marites concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 30.1% |
22 of 73 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Maritess (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marites: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1973–1985 (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 Marites 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.