How Many People Are Named Marita?
people named Marita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 99,674 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,088 babies named Marita in Social Security records from 1901 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
125 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marita alive today is about 57 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marita first appears in the records in 1901 and was given most often in 1954, to 125 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1901 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #769, in 1938. In 2025 it ranked #6,731.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,731 |
| Best rank | #769 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #965 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marita were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 247 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marita was given 3.6 times as often in Pennsylvania, 3 times in Indiana and 2.8 times in Illinois.
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