Marianita

Girls' name

Diminutive of Mariana

Marianita has been given to 126 babies in the U.S. since 1883. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1923, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Marianita, 2002

1 in 623,000

Marianita over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marianita: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Mariana

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marianita means

Marianita is a diminutive of Mariana.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Marianita is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ma.ɾja.ˈni.ta/ for Marianita.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Marianita → Mariana → Marian → Mary → Marie → Maria → מרים. The family’s proposed meaning is “to be bitter”, recorded in Hebrew with the source elements m-r-r.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mariana.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 126 girls were recorded with the name Marianita between 1883 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1923; its best national rank was #998 in 1883.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Marianita?

Marianita had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 623,000; 6 of 3,737,275 births
Among girls only: 1 in 299,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 431,748 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Marianita sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 431,748 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marianita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marianitas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marianita was born before 1966 — so the typical Marianita is around 59 today.

Median birth year: 1966; About 59 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 21.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 35.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 100; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 21.4% of all recorded uses (27).

Is Marianita rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1923 (10)
Years since peak: 102; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #998; 1883

Spellings of Marianita

Marianita is not the most common spelling — Mariana is, with 43.2% against Marianita's 0.12%.

Mariana43.2%45,887
Margarita37.9%40,219
Marianna17.4%18,444
Marnita0.77%820
Marianela0.61%647
Marianita0.12%126

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Marianita by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #998; 1883
Peak year: 1923; 10 that year
First recorded: 1883
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 126
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Marianita

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Marianita

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Filomena Novella Aletha Dorcas Vernice Albertha Bethel Rosina

For a brother

Elwin Rubin Bertram Alvis Eldridge Trinidad Hobert Harland

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