girl's name
Maritza
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 23,392
Maritza is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 60 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2005, when 780 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 55,258 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1945.
Maritza over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 |
| 1950s | 896 |
| 1960s | 2,426 |
| 1970s | 2,887 |
| 1980s | 3,451 |
| 1990s | 5,264 |
| 2000s | 5,634 |
| 2010s | 2,121 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 530 |
How popular is Maritza?
In 2025, Maritza was given to 60 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Maritza is used
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 Maritza
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Maritza also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maritza over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Maritza
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maritza — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Maritza
How popular is the name Maritza?
In 2025, Maritza was given to 60 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Maritza a girl's or a boy's name?
Maritza is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Maritza most popular?
Maritza peaked in 2005, when 780 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Maritza a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maritza currently ranks #2,842 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.