How popular is the name Marita?

Marita ranks 2,084th among girls' names in US records, with 5,071 births since 1901. Over the past decade it accounts for 118.

Is Marita a unisex name?

No. Marita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1954, when 125 children were given the name. It has been in use for 124 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#2,084 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 R AY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)

Marita is a girls' name, and first appears in 1901. It has been given to 5,071 children — the 2,084th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 118 births across the past decade, against a peak of 125 in a single year. That peak was in 1954.

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Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Marita?: Marita ranks 2,084th among girls' names in US records, with 5,071 births since 1901. Over the past decade it accounts for 118.
Is Marita a unisex name?: No. Marita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Marita most popular?: 1954, when 125 children were given the name. It has been in use for 124 years and is still recorded as of 2024.