Girls' name · since 1945
Maritza
23,153 babies named Maritza in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,833 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,153
- born since 1945
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maritza currently ranks #2833 among girls' names in America, with 23,153 babies recorded since 1945.
Social Security Administration records show Maritza recorded 23,153 times among girls since 1945, holding rank #2833 nationally today, ahead of 84% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,833 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23,153 born since 1945
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maritza ranks #965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,833 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23,153 born since 1945, peaking in the 2000s.
- #965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,833 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,153
- born since 1945
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maritza's 23,153 recorded births place it above 98.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maritza compares
23,153 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Maritza's all-time total is 62x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maritza | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,153 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 780 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maritza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maritza's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1945, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 780, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maritza popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 780
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Maritza popularity over time - boys
79 total births recorded since 1964 (Maritza as boys' name)
Maritza by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (5,634 births, 24% of the file).
2000s was Maritza's strongest decade.
5,634 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Maritza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 896
1950s
896 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,421 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,887 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,411 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,230 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,634 births
- 2010s 2,121
2010s
2,121 births
- 2020s 530
2020s
530 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5,634 births (24% of all-time use).
How Maritza 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 Maritza's total volume
Maritza by state
Where Maritza concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6,720 | 29.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 4,098 | 17.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 3,192 | 13.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,759 | 7.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 965 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 903 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Florida | | 872 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Washington | | 265 | 1.1% |
6,720 of 23,153 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Maritza appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maritza's data
- Maritza's decade-level peak was the 2000s (5,634 total births); usage has since declined to 530 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Maritzas (6,720 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 Maritza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Maritza 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.