Maritta
Maritta is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Maritta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maritta is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Maritta
American parents first put Maritta on the record books as a baby girl name in 1934, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 9 Marittas were born — ranking #10,243 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 121 Marittas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maritta
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About the name Maritta
Maritta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1934 and has accumulated 121 births in the dataset. Maritta's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #10,243. Use the chart and map above to compare Maritta'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.