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.

Maritza

#953 most common girls' name of all time · #1,720 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1945–2025

Rank among girls
#953
Rank overall
#1,720 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
23,232
Since 2016
1,073
Peak year
2005 #403
Best rank
#403 2005
Girls Boys peak 780/yr
1960198020002020

Maritza first appears in 1945. 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 60 60 #2,835
2024 84 84 #2,236
2023 88 88 #2,163
2022 106 106 #1,898
2021 93 93 #2,061
2020 99 99 #1,930
2019 115 115 #1,781
2018 124 124 #1,682
2017 144 144 #1,531
2016 160 160 #1,440
2015 208 208 #1,201
2014 202 202 #1,208
2013 211 211 #1,140
2012 317 317 #841
2011 300 300 #871
2010 340 340 #804
2009 426 426 #685
2008 545 545 #566
2007 590 590 #530
2006 615 615 #496
2005 780 780 #403
2004 735 735 #416
2003 495 495 #561
2002 468 468 #566
2001 506 506 #531
2000 474 474 #552
1999 406 406 #600
1998 451 451 #551
1997 469 469 #513
1996 525 525 #472
1995 517 8 525 #478
1994 567 567 #448
1993 583 8 591 #430
1992 591 591 #428
1991 620 8 628 #413
1990 501 10 511 #487
1989 467 10 477 #503
1988 353 6 359 #578
1987 375 12 387 #538
1986 403 403 #515
1985 287 287 #646
1984 301 6 307 #597
1983 293 6 299 #605
1982 287 287 #628
1981 306 306 #604
1980 339 339 #551
1979 308 308 #587
1978 229 229 #694
1977 276 276 #610
1976 301 301 #559
1975 280 280 #586
1974 290 290 #562
1973 281 281 #574
1972 294 294 #564
1971 308 308 #571
1970 320 320 #569
1969 299 299 #568
1968 247 247 #612
1967 241 241 #614
1966 243 243 #610
1965 246 246 #623
1964 229 5 234 #675
1963 218 218 #684
1962 233 233 #669
1961 248 248 #650
1960 217 217 #691
1959 197 197 #713
1958 166 166 #779
1957 123 123 #932
1956 107 107 #987
1955 98 98 #1,019
1954 86 86 #1,063
1953 65 65 #1,206
1952 22 22 #2,264
1951 16 16 #2,683
1950 16 16 #2,647
1949 5 5 #5,889
1948 6 6 #5,149
1947 7 7 #4,716
1945 5 5 #5,218