Maurita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Maurita

The Social Security Administration has registered 925 babies named Maurita between 1903 and 1993, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maurita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maurita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Maurita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maurita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maurita 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 925 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.