Maritta — #13606 US girls' name
121 babies named Maritta in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Maritta was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Maritta in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maritta
The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Maritta between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maritta currently holds the #13606 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maritta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Maritta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maritta 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 121 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.
Maritta at a glance
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Current rank
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Maritta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1934
- Peak year (2020)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
Currently ranks #13606 among girls.
121 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 9 births in a single year.
Maritta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 23 births that decade — 19% of Maritta's all-time total
Maritta decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Maritta's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1934–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.