Marnita — #12259 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marnita

The Social Security Administration has registered 813 babies named Marnita between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marnita currently holds the #12259 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 202 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marnita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 473 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Marnita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Marnita in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marnita 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 813 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.