How rare is the name Maritza?

39,311 people in the United States have the first name Maritza, about 1 in 7,683. It ranks #1,060 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARITZA

#1,060

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
39,311
About
1 in 7,683
This common or more
70.9%
Who bears it

Of the 39,311 people named Maritza, 97.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% as White and 1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maritza peaked in 2005, when 780 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19452025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
780
In 2025*
60 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 23,232 babies have been given the name since 1945. 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.

Maritza by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #909. The largest share of babies named Maritza, 34.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#8,92123
1950s#1,784896
1960s#1,1332,426
1970s#1,0562,887
1980s#1,0393,451
1990s#9095,264
2000s#9825,634
2010s#2,1192,121
2020s#3,866530
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–648.9%
Generation X 1965–8019.4%
Millennials 1981–9630.3%
Generation Z 1997–1234.1%
2013 and later7.3%

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 Maritza is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maritza has been most common in Arizona (3.5×), California (3.2×), and New York (2.5×), and least common in Michigan (0.06×).

20,912 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 Maritza

#1,058 Jennie · 39,580#1,059 Donnie · 39,556#1,061 Lane · 39,308#1,062 Paulette · 39,212

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,085 Marites · 2,683#13,149 Maritsa · 926#22,738 Martiza · 435#42,346 Marithza · 170#45,337 Marytza · 150#49,815 Maritssa · 123

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