How Many People Are Named Maritza?
people named Maritza are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,305 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,232 babies named Maritza in Social Security records from 1945 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
780 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MARIA used particularly in Latin America.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Maritza (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maritza alive today is about 34 years old, and 46% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maritza first appears in the records in 1945 and was given most often in 2005, to 780 babies. In 2025, 60 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1945 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maritza has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #403, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #2,846.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,846 |
| Best rank | #403 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #529 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maritza alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maritza were born in California than in any other state: about 6,586 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maritza was given 2.7 times as often in New York, 2.6 times in Arizona and 2.4 times in California.
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