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Girl

Maritza

As a girl's name, Maritza traces back to Spanish, where it is understood to mean "Spanish variant". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. 2005 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

SpanishSpanish variant
EtymologyPossibly related to Marisa – "of the sea"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
23
1950s
896
1960s
2,420
1970s
2,887
1980s
3,451
1990s
5,264
2000s
5,631
2010s
1,877
Peaked in the 2000s · 22,449 total U.S. births since 1900