Marita
Girls' name · Mid-century
- Living in the US
- ~3,500 survival-weighted estimate
- 2025 rank
- #6,546 among girls
- Births in 2025
- 17 5,088 since 1880
- Typical age
- 63 years, median
Marita popularity over time
Marita was used most in 1954, when 125 babies were given the name. 1901 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It reaches the top 1,000 in 23 years of the record.
The 2025 position is #6,546, on 17 births. Over ten years the count has risen 42%. It climbed 4576 places against the previous year.
How many people are named Marita?
About 3,500 people named Marita are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 5,088 births under the name since 1880.
This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.
How old is the average Marita?
Median age among living Maritas: 63. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Marita a mid-century name.
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Where the name Marita comes from
Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita.
Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.
Names similar to Marita
Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.
Related pages
- All names from 1954
- Top names of 2025
- Names beginning with M
- Every year, 1880 to 2025
- Names by state
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