Marita

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marita: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marita: Recorded since 1945, it reached #34 in 1990, and it stood at #494 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#34highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2015

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2001	#3998
2007	#5201
2010	#4012
2012	#5876
2015	#5730

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 68 of the 78 years from 1945 to 2022.

In 2015: #495 among girls in Norway, #5730 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #349 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2022
Highest recorded position: #34 among girls in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1945–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #494 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls

Marita appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 68 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 4,515 births with the name.

Marita across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marita's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#349 (1945)	#34 (1990)	#494 (2022)	68 of 78	4,515 (1945–2022)	225 (1990)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#344 (1966)	#329 (1987)	#576 (1997)	23 of 32	120 (1966–1997)	9 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#3225 (1999)	#3225 (1999)	#5730 (2015)	6 of 17	21 (1999–2015)	5 (2010)

Marita by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marita in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	13	2 of 10	7
1950s	85	8 of 10	11
1960s	340	10 of 10	34
1970s	893	10 of 10	89
1980sbusiest	1,505	10 of 10	151
1990s	1,359	10 of 10	136
2000s	267	10 of 10	27
2010s	49	7 of 10	7
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 151 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1983 and 1984, when recorded births rose by 44, from 110 to 154.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Marita appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #34 in Norway in 1990.

Marita's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#494	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#532	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#533	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#481	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#472	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#477	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#371	12	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#441	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#428	9	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#313	15	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#212	27	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#222	25	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#183	32	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#238	21	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#146	40	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#145	42	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#135	47	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#107	64	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#101	73	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#98	83	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#76	111	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#57	131	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#53	145	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#49	160	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#49	169	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#37	198	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#34	225	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#38	217	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#39	208	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#44	169	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#48	154	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#45	147	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#44	154	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#62	110	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#61	113	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#63	114	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#62	119	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#53	136	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#67	114	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#71	106	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#77	105	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#65	119	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#84	82	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#104	66	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#102	72	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#135	44	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#125	49	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#142	41	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#143	38	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#127	44	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#125	44	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#155	31	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#152	30	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#153	29	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#138	34	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#155	27	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#178	22	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#206	18	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#255	13	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#246	13	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#268	11	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#261	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#371	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#370	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#310	8	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#349	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#337	9	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2022, ranked in 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #34, first reached in 1990.

It held a top-100 place in 24 years, 24 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 225 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1966, and 54 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Marissa · #294, 44y
Marit · #3, 81y
Marium · #1074, 26y
Marius · #4, 71y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Katrine · #40, 64y
Joachim · #41, 63y
Nikolai · #41, 64y
Dina · #50, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Arvid · #34, 81y
Irene · #34, 81y
Robin · #34, 76y
Asbjørn · #35, 81y

Marita was ranked #34 in Norway · Girls in 1990. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marita and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marita without appearing here.

Marita moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 1979 they stood at #522 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #337 and #542.
Wendy Compare
In 1954 they stood at #407 and #385 in Norway · Girls; by 1955 that had become #261 and #414.
Trine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #441 and #326 in Norway · Girls; by 2010 that had become #371 and #507.
Sadie Compare
In 1992 they stood at #456 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #385 and #516.

Moved ahead of Marita

Zara Compare
In 2013 they stood at #481 and #558 in Norway · Girls; by 2014 that had become #533 and #275.
Phoebe Compare
In 1995 they stood at #411 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #534 and #279.
Erin Compare
In 1977 they stood at #369 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #522 and #281.
Leanne Compare
In 1977 they stood at #369 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #522 and #281.

Moved the opposite way to Marita

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marita went from #349 to #494 while Ada went from #229 to #12.
Alice Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marita went from #349 to #494 while Alice went from #292 to #170.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marita went from #349 to #494 while Alma went from #293 to #9.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marita went from #349 to #494 while Anna went from #38 to #15.

Moved the same way as Marita

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marita went from #349 to #494 and Ann from #82 to #404.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marita went from #349 to #494 and Anne from #1 to #121.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marita went from #349 to #494 and Annie from #180 to #332.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marita went from #349 to #494 and Åse from #25 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #34 in Norway in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Marita

Marita at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marita across 3 official records

Marita by decade in Norway · Girls

Marita appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Marita moved ahead of

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Marita at a glance

Marita across 3 official records

Marita by decade in Norway · Girls

Marita appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Marita

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Marita moved ahead of

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