Marit
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-rit
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Marit is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Marit mean?
Greek: Scandinavian form of Margaret
“pearl”
A Norwegian and Swedish short form of Margareta, the Scandinavian form of Margaret.
Is Marit a girl's or a boy's name?
Marit is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Marit, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Marit in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
Names like Marit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya Andi Sasha Saanvi Priya Prisha Avani Krisha Anvi Nika Aviva Raven
Names related to Marit
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marit, updated 20 October 2026.