Maritza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-RIT-sa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Maritza is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Maritza mean?
Hebrew: Slavic pet form of Maria
A Slavic pet form of Maria, made familiar by Emmerich Kalman's 1924 operetta Countess Maritza.
Is Maritza a girl's or a boy's name?
Maritza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maritza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,822nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Maritza, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 780 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maritza than any year since 1952.
Half of all the girls named Maritza in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maritza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 84 | #2,231 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 106 | #1,898 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,773 |
| 2018 | 124 | #1,677 |
| 2017 | 144 | #1,529 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,439 |
| 2015 | 208 | #1,199 |
| 2014 | 202 | #1,205 |
| 2013 | 211 | #1,138 |
| 2012 | 317 | #841 |
| 2011 | 300 | #871 |
| 2010 | 340 | #804 |
| 2009 | 426 | #683 |
| 2008 | 545 | #565 |
| 2007 | 590 | #529 |
| 2006 | 615 | #495 |
| 2005 | 780 | #403 |
| 2004 | 735 | #416 |
| 2003 | 495 | #558 |
| 2002 | 468 | #566 |
| 2001 | 506 | #529 |
| 2000 | 474 | #552 |
| 1999 | 406 | #600 |
| 1998 | 451 | #550 |
| 1997 | 469 | #513 |
| 1996 | 525 | #472 |
| 1995 | 517 | #477 |
| 1994 | 567 | #447 |
| 1993 | 583 | #430 |
| 1992 | 591 | #427 |
| 1991 | 620 | #412 |
| 1990 | 501 | #484 |
| 1989 | 467 | #503 |
| 1988 | 353 | #578 |
| 1987 | 375 | #537 |
| 1986 | 403 | #514 |
| 1985 | 287 | #644 |
| 1984 | 301 | #597 |
| 1983 | 293 | #604 |
| 1982 | 287 | #627 |
| 1981 | 306 | #603 |
| 1980 | 339 | #550 |
| 1979 | 308 | #587 |
| 1978 | 229 | #694 |
| 1977 | 276 | #610 |
| 1976 | 301 | #559 |
| 1975 | 280 | #585 |
| 1974 | 290 | #562 |
| 1973 | 281 | #573 |
| 1972 | 294 | #563 |
| 1971 | 308 | #569 |
| 1970 | 320 | #569 |
| 1969 | 299 | #568 |
| 1968 | 247 | #611 |
| 1967 | 241 | #612 |
| 1966 | 243 | #609 |
| 1965 | 246 | #622 |
| 1964 | 229 | #674 |
| 1963 | 218 | #681 |
| 1962 | 233 | #667 |
| 1961 | 248 | #650 |
| 1960 | 217 | #689 |
| 1959 | 197 | #712 |
| 1958 | 166 | #775 |
| 1957 | 123 | #923 |
| 1956 | 107 | #976 |
| 1955 | 98 | #1,009 |
| 1954 | 86 | #1,056 |
| 1953 | 65 | #1,198 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
Nicknames for Maritza
- Mari 32 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maritza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mara, Ana, Mia, Esmeralda, Samantha, Melissa, Joanna, Ariana, Xiomara, Alana, Angela, Malia
Names related to Maritza
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Maritza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maritza, updated 20 October 2026.