# Maritza (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maritza/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “rebellion”, “lady”, “mistress”, “ruler”, “lord”, “master” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,232 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 79 / 23,153 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Spanish Maritza, a diminutive of: * María, from Marīa, from Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from מרים (miryām, “rebellion”); and * Marta, from Martha, from Μάρθα (Mártha), from מרתא (mārtā, “lady, mistress, ruler”), female counterpart of מרא (mārā, “lord, master, ruler”).

## What it means

Maritza is grouped under god, king and queen.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 300 | 872 |
| 2012 | 317 | 842 |
| 2013 | 211 | 1,142 |
| 2014 | 202 | 1,211 |
| 2015 | 208 | 1,203 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,444 |
| 2017 | 144 | 1,531 |
| 2018 | 124 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 115 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,941 |
| 2021 | 93 | 2,063 |
| 2022 | 106 | 1,903 |
| 2023 | 88 | 2,169 |
| 2024 | 84 | 2,242 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,846 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 | 4,412 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,956 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,058 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,884 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,943 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,046 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,247 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,309 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,617 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,759 |

## People named Maritza

- Maritza Martén, Cuban discus thrower
- Maritza Sayalero, beauty queen who was crowned Miss Venezuela in 1979
- Maritza Arribas Robaina, Cuban chess player
- Sarah Mintz, Colombian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.