How rare is the name Marita?

5,506 people in the United States have the first name Marita, about 1 in 54,855. It ranks #3,689 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARITA

#3,689

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,506
About
1 in 54,855
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,506 people named Marita, 61.2% reported their origin as White, 14% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 11.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marita peaked in 1954, when 125 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19012025
Peak year
1954
Births that year
125
In 2025*
17 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,088 babies have been given the name since 1901. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,606. The largest share of babies named Marita, 37.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,98713
1910s#2,670198
1920s#2,375361
1930s#1,680578
1940s#1,606773
1950s#1,6281,056
1960s#2,044787
1970s#3,454389
1980s#4,214365
1990s#7,470224
2000s#13,048139
2010s#13,669137
2020s#14,93968
Greatest Generation 1901–279.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4521%
Baby boom 1946–6437.1%
Generation X 1965–8014.7%
Millennials 1981–969.8%
Generation Z 1997–124.4%
2013 and later3.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marita is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marita has been most common in Pennsylvania (4.2×), Indiana (3.2×), and Illinois (3.1×), and least common in Michigan (0.53×).

1,584 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Marita

#3,687 Arman · 5,511#3,688 Alannah · 5,509#3,690 Ani · 5,505#3,690 Ilya · 5,505

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marita, most common first.

#851 Marta · 53,965#9,912 Marieta · 1,373#12,935 Marit · 946#16,800 Maurita · 666#32,104 Maritta · 264#32,949 Mareta · 253#36,303 Marida · 219#40,999 Marite · 180

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