girl's name

Marica

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 963

Marica is a girl's name. In 2005 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1974, when 33 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1938.

Marica over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2005, not a full ten years.

229
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Marica by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 11
1940s 56
1950s 127
1960s 159
1970s 229
1980s 195
1990s 118
2000s (to 2005) 29

How popular is Marica?

In 2005, Marica was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Marica is used

Canada #2,742 5 in 1997
England & Wales #5,287 4 in 2008
France #7,379 5 in 2013
United States #15,787 6 in 2005

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Marica

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marica also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marica over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Marica

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marica — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marica

How popular is the name Marica?

In 2005, Marica was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Marica a girl's or a boy's name?

Marica is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Marica most popular?

Marica peaked in 1974, when 33 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.