Girls' name · peaked in 2005
Maritza name popularity since 1925
23,232 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Maritza. Half of them were born in 1993 or earlier, so the typical Maritza is about 33 years old in 2026. Maritza peaked in 2005 as the #403 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,232
- Named Maritza, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,846 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 23,153 girls · 79 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 3.29× its national share
Peak year is the year Maritza made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Maritza births per year, 1925–2025
2005 was the biggest year for Maritza both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1956 and 1961, Maritza became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 18,800 baby girls to 1 in 8,140.
- Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 3,470 to 1 in 8,320.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Maritza's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Maritza.
Decade by decade
Babies named Maritza in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 23 | 0 | #4,998 |
| 1950s | 896 | 0 | #1,016 |
| 1960s | 2,421 | 5 | #622 |
| 1970s | 2,887 | 0 | #585 |
| 1980s | 3,411 | 40 | #646 |
| 1990s | 5,230 | 34 | #479 |
| 2000s | 5,634 | 0 | #403 |
| 2010s | 2,121 | 0 | #1,203 |
| 2020–25 | 530 | 0 | #2,846 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
34.1% of babies named Maritza from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Maritza is most popular
The index compares Maritza's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Maritza.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 3.29× | 903 |
| California | 3.01× | 6,743 |
| New York | 2.55× | 4,098 |
| Texas | 1.92× | 3,192 |
| Illinois | 1.71× | 1,759 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Maritza's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Maritza.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Maritza (2005).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data