Girls' name · since 1956
Maritsa
930 babies named Maritsa in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,898 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 930
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maritsa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 930 have been recorded since 1956.
Maritsa has 930 recorded births among girls since 1956, 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 1956 to 2016.
- #7,898 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 930 born since 1956
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maritsa ranks #7,898 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 930 born since 1956, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,898 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 930
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maritsa's 930 recorded births place it above 89.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Maritsa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maritsa's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maritsa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2016
- Peak year (2006)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Maritsa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (281 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Maritsa's strongest decade.
281 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Maritsa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 73
1960s
73 births
- 1970s
1970s
119 births
- 1980s
1980s
167 births
- 1990s
1990s
281 births
- 2000s
2000s
250 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 281 births (30% of all-time use).
How Maritsa 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 Maritsa's total volume
Maritsa by state
Where Maritsa concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 255 | 27.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 54 | 5.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 23 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.1% |
255 of 930 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Maritsa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (281 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Maritsas (255 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maritsa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1956–2016 (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 Maritsa 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.