Marita
Marita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 769th, in 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1954125 births
- Best rank
- #769in 1938
- Since 1901
- 5,071people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,071 girls have been named Marita in the United States since 1901, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 125 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 21%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | |
| 1910s | 198 | |
| 1920s | 361 | |
| 1930s | 578 | |
| 1940s | 773 | |
| 1950s | 1,056 | |
| 1960s | 787 | |
| 1970s | 389 | |
| 1980s | 365 | |
| 1990s | 224 | |
| 2000s | 139 | |
| 2010s | 137 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Marita was the 844th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Marita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Evonpeak 1954
- Carlenepeak 1955
- Rositapeak 1966
- Andreepeak 1960
- Yvonnepeak 1953
- Anitapeak 1957
- Lorethapeak 1954
- Madonnapeak 1954
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.