Marica
Marica is a name with multiple cultural origins: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Hungarian, Italian.
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Slovene
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Marica
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marica is a name with multiple cultural origins: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Hungarian, Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Slovene
- Hungarian
- Italian
The Story of Marica
American parents first put Marica on the record books as a baby girl name in 1938, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1974, when 33 Maricas were born — ranking #2,348 that year. About 25% of every Marica on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Marica last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 924 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Marica
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Marica. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Marica
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About the name Marica
Marica is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1938 and has accumulated 924 births in the dataset. Marica's peak popularity came in 1974 when it ranked #2,348. Use the chart and map above to compare Marica's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.