Meaning and history
Maritza is an elaborated form of Maria used especially in Latin America. Its ending may have been influenced by the name of the Itza people of Central America, as in Chichen Itza in Mexico, and it also closely resembles the name of the Maritsa River in southeastern Europe.
20062006: 615 births, rank #495
2007: 590 births, rank #529
2008: 545 births, rank #565
2009: 426 births, rank #683
2010: 340 births, rank #804
20112011: 300 births, rank #871
2012: 317 births, rank #841
2013: 211 births, rank #1,138
2014: 202 births, rank #1,205
2015: 208 births, rank #1,199
20162016: 160 births, rank #1,439
2017: 144 births, rank #1,529
2018: 124 births, rank #1,677
2019: 115 births, rank #1,773
2020: 99 births, rank #1,924
20212021: 93 births, rank #2,057
2022: 106 births, rank #1,898
2023: 88 births, rank #2,156
2024: 84 births, rank #2,231
20252025: 60 births, rank #2,822
Maritza rose from #872 to #842 for girls between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 2005, with 780 births.