Marita
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Marita is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Marita mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marita a girl's or a boy's name?
Marita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marita in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 girls.
Marita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Marita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Marita, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 125 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
2025 had more girls named Marita than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Marita in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,265 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,305 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,050 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,029 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,728 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,559 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,382 |
| 1966 | 75 | #1,241 |
| 1965 | 72 | #1,263 |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,229 |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,188 |
| 1962 | 98 | #1,101 |
| 1961 | 103 | #1,079 |
| 1960 | 109 | #1,028 |
| 1959 | 95 | #1,098 |
| 1958 | 118 | #950 |
| 1957 | 106 | #1,014 |
| 1956 | 111 | #955 |
| 1955 | 121 | #882 |
| 1954 | 125 | #840 |
| 1953 | 106 | #914 |
| 1952 | 92 | #982 |
| 1951 | 100 | #913 |
| 1950 | 82 | #1,006 |
| 1949 | 94 | #914 |
| 1948 | 95 | #889 |
| 1947 | 85 | #965 |
| 1946 | 86 | #896 |
| 1945 | 59 | #1,003 |
| 1944 | 55 | #1,052 |
| 1943 | 73 | #907 |
| 1942 | 78 | #873 |
| 1941 | 83 | #790 |
| 1940 | 65 | #887 |
| 1939 | 56 | #939 |
| 1938 | 83 | #764 |
| 1937 | 59 | #896 |
| 1936 | 49 | #979 |
| 1935 | 67 | #840 |
| 1934 | 59 | #888 |
| 1933 | 67 | #814 |
| 1932 | 53 | #969 |
| 1931 | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,161 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,174 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,222 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,252 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,188 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,267 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,374 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,255 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,818 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
Names like Marita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa, Martha, Angela, Lola, Rosa, Diana, Georgina, Matilda, Teresa, Marla, Margot, Luana
Names related to Marita
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Marita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marita, updated 20 October 2026.