Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Marita

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
Pearl
Finnish
Bitter; variant of Maria

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Marita

Pronunciation

m(a)-ri-ta

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1954 (rank #841, 125 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6546, 17 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202517
20248
202316
20226
202114
20207
201910
201816
201711
201618

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #4007, 5 births); most recent 2015 (rank #5726, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1956 (rank #1132, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20233
20223
20214
2020–
2019–
20183
20174
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1987 (rank #329, 9 births); most recent 1997 (rank #576, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence