How Many People Are Named Marit?
people named Marit are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 446,194 people in the US has this name
Based on 800 babies named Marit in Social Security records from 1947 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Swedish and Norwegian form of MARGARET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marit in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marit alive today is about 32 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marit first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 2017, to 21 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marit has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,276, in 1967. In 2025 it ranked #7,742.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,742 |
| Best rank | #3,276 (1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,716 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marit were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 81 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marit was given about 53.1 times as often in Minnesota.
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