How Many People Are Named Maurita?
An estimated 503 people in the United States have the first name Maurita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 62 years old, and Maurita peaked in popularity in 1951 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Maurita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Maurita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
503
About 1 in 681,420 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
62
years old
Peak Year
1951
27 births
Total Registered
925
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Maurita
Maurita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 925 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Maurita as a female name
Ranked #11,333 in 1993
7 female births in 1993
Peak: 1951 (27 births)
Maurita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Maurita span from the 1900s to the 1990s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 188 babies were registered. Maurita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Maurita by Decade
How has Maurita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Maurita by State
Maurita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Maurita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Maurita
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Maurita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Maurita?
We estimate approximately 503 people named Maurita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 681,420 Americans share this first name.
Is Maurita a common name?
Maurita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 925 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Maurita most popular?
Maurita reached peak popularity in 1951, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Maurita is approximately 62 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Maurita a female name?
Maurita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Maurita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Maurita Smith, Maurita Johnson, Maurita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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