Maritza
Maritza is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Maritza
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maritza is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Maritza
Maritza first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1945, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 780 Maritzas were born — ranking #403 that year. As of 2026, Maritza ranks #2,239 for baby girls with 84 births, falling sharply (-22%). In total, more than 23K Maritzas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maritza
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About the name Maritza
Maritza is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 23K births in the dataset. Maritza's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #403. Use the chart and map above to compare Maritza'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 .
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