Marixa — girls' name
343 babies named Marixa in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
343 girls have been named Marixa since 1965, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2015.
- 343
- total births
- 1965–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Marixa was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Marixa in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marixa
The Social Security Administration has registered 343 babies named Marixa between 1965 and 2015, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marixa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marixa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marixa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Marixa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marixa 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 343 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.
Marixa at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marixa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1965
- Peak year (1999)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
343 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 19 births in a single year.
Marixa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 119 births that decade — 35% of Marixa's all-time total
Marixa decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marixa's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Marixa by state
Where Marixa concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.7% |
33 of 343 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1965–2015 (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.