Girls' name · since 1903
Maurita
925 babies named Maurita in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 925
- born since 1903
- 1950s
- peak decade
Maurita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 925 recorded since 1903.
Maurita has 925 recorded births among girls since 1903, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 1993.
- #7,934 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 925 born since 1903
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maurita ranks #7,934 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 925 born since 1903, peaking in the 1950s.
- #7,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 925
- born since 1903
- 1950s
- peak decade
Maurita's 925 recorded births place it above 89.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Maurita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maurita splits its recorded history at 1953: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1903 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maurita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–1993
- Peak year (1951)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Maurita by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (188 births, 20% of the file).
1950s was Maurita's strongest decade.
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Maurita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 36
1910s
36 births
- 1920s
1920s
114 births
- 1930s
1930s
131 births
- 1940s
1940s
128 births
- 1950s
1950s
188 births
- 1960s
1960s
102 births
- 1970s
1970s
126 births
- 1980s
1980s
79 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 188 births (20% of all-time use).
How Maurita 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 Maurita's total volume
Maurita by state
Where Maurita concentrates geographically, total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
5 of 925 births nationwide.
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- Maurita's decade-level peak was the 1950s (188 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Mauritas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maurita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~90 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, 1903–1993 (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 Maurita 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.