Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Marita

#2,452 most common girls' name of all time · #4,164 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1901–2025

Rank among girls
#2,452
Rank overall
#4,164 of 105,966
First appeared
1901
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
5,088
Since 2016
123
Peak year
1954 #844
Best rank
#769 1938
Girls Boys peak 125/yr
192019401960198020002020

Marita first appears in 1901. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 — 17 #6,568
2024 8 — 8 #11,180
2023 16 — 16 #6,954
2022 6 — 6 #13,681
2021 14 — 14 #7,652
2020 7 — 7 #12,228
2019 10 — 10 #9,795
2018 16 — 16 #7,123
2017 11 — 11 #9,379
2016 18 — 18 #6,678
2015 12 — 12 #8,970
2014 16 — 16 #7,324
2013 12 — 12 #9,068
2012 16 — 16 #7,492
2011 10 — 10 #10,418
2010 16 — 16 #7,543
2009 6 — 6 #15,330
2008 11 — 11 #10,128
2007 8 — 8 #12,739
2006 12 — 12 #9,329
2005 15 — 15 #7,527
2004 10 — 10 #9,942
2003 13 — 13 #8,033
2002 25 — 25 #4,786
2001 19 — 19 #5,840
2000 20 — 20 #5,507
1999 17 — 17 #5,920
1998 15 — 15 #6,399
1997 13 — 13 #6,881
1996 12 — 12 #7,174
1995 22 — 22 #4,535
1994 23 — 23 #4,392
1993 33 — 33 #3,361
1992 25 — 25 #4,100
1991 29 — 29 #3,643
1990 35 — 35 #3,175
1989 29 — 29 #3,493
1988 24 — 24 #3,827
1987 28 — 28 #3,265
1986 29 — 29 #3,146
1985 42 — 42 #2,366
1984 43 — 43 #2,271
1983 33 — 33 #2,675
1982 49 — 49 #2,086
1981 43 — 43 #2,311
1980 45 — 45 #2,225
1979 33 — 33 #2,683
1978 46 — 46 #2,059
1977 30 — 30 #2,728
1976 38 — 38 #2,223
1975 42 — 42 #2,072
1974 41 — 41 #2,037
1973 42 — 42 #1,955
1972 34 — 34 #2,242
1971 42 — 42 #2,015
1970 41 — 41 #2,027
1969 49 — 49 #1,736
1968 54 — 54 #1,565
1967 63 — 63 #1,388
1966 75 — 75 #1,247
1965 72 — 72 #1,269
1964 80 — 80 #1,234
1963 84 — 84 #1,193
1962 98 — 98 #1,102
1961 103 — 103 #1,080
1960 109 — 109 #1,032
1959 95 — 95 #1,100
1958 118 — 118 #953
1957 106 — 106 #1,020
1956 111 — 111 #961
1955 121 — 121 #887
1954 125 — 125 #844
1953 106 — 106 #918
1952 92 — 92 #986
1951 100 — 100 #919
1950 82 — 82 #1,009
1949 94 — 94 #916
1948 95 — 95 #894
1947 85 — 85 #967
1946 86 — 86 #899
1945 59 — 59 #1,011
1944 55 — 55 #1,057
1943 73 — 73 #913
1942 78 — 78 #878
1941 83 — 83 #796
1940 65 — 65 #892
1939 56 — 56 #947
1938 83 — 83 #769
1937 59 — 59 #901
1936 49 — 49 #991
1935 67 — 67 #847
1934 59 — 59 #891
1933 67 — 67 #817
1932 53 — 53 #976
1931 44 — 44 #1,072
1930 41 — 41 #1,178
1929 40 — 40 #1,191
1928 39 — 39 #1,234
1927 41 — 41 #1,229
1926 33 — 33 #1,408
1925 39 — 39 #1,266
1924 44 — 44 #1,203
1923 38 — 38 #1,280
1922 26 — 26 #1,672
1921 34 — 34 #1,399
1920 27 — 27 #1,610
1919 31 — 31 #1,418
1918 36 — 36 #1,274
1917 25 — 25 #1,541
1916 22 — 22 #1,675
1915 28 — 28 #1,360
1914 14 — 14 #1,876
1913 16 — 16 #1,520
1912 10 — 10 #1,945
1911 5 — 5 #2,688
1910 11 — 11 #1,510
1907 7 — 7 #1,795
1901 6 — 6 #1,674