Meaning not yet researched.
Mariel: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 298 in 2025. Its best rank was #772 in 1992.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #772 in 1992; #893 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Mariel in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#893 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1992, at #772.
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Mariel: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 298 girls in 2025. Peak: #772 in 1992 · most girls in one year: 298 (2025).
In 2025, 298 US girls were named Mariel, making it the 893rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 147 places from #1,040 in 2024. That is 56 more than the 242 girls named Mariel in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #772, reached in 1992. The most girls given the name in a single year was 298, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,847 in 2015 and #5,812 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mariel in 110 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1914 with 6 babies. In all, 7,603 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 1.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 1,886 babies named Mariel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,406 US girls were named Mariel; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 298. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,394 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mariel ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #301 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mariella (5,213 babies since 1880) and Marielle (4,530 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maral, Maryl and Marrell are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maral (362), Maryl (318), Marrell (120), Mariell (85), Maryel (46), Mariele (40), Marell (29), Marel (5), Mayrel (5), Mariale (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mariel in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 24 | #301 | — |
| Texas | 101 | #343 | #1,109 |
| Nevada | 5 | #572 | — |
| California | 52 | #612 | #1,572 |
| Colorado | 8 | #681 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #700 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #784 | — |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #802 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #957 | — |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,119 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,147 | — |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,195 | #1,831 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,598 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,639 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,979 | #1,569 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | #893 | 5 | #13,216 |
| 2024 | 242 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,259 | — | — |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,064 | — | — |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,303 | — | — |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,971 | — | — |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,300 | — | — |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,039 | — | — |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,713 | — | — |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,835 | 5 | #13,483 |
| 2015 | 112 | #1,847 | — | — |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,168 | — | — |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,047 | 5 | #13,352 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,466 | — | — |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,234 | — | — |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,870 | — | — |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,828 | — | — |
| 2008 | 121 | #1,804 | 6 | #12,030 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,758 | 5 | #13,668 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,699 | 8 | #9,269 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,688 | — | — |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,663 | — | — |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,574 | — | — |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,440 | — | — |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,605 | 5 | #11,678 |
| 2000 | 161 | #1,235 | — | — |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,367 | — | — |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,318 | 5 | #10,685 |
| 1997 | 159 | #1,165 | — | — |
| 1996 | 174 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 1995 | 157 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 1994 | 197 | #946 | 5 | #9,727 |
| 1993 | 202 | #936 | 6 | #8,294 |
| 1992 | 268 | #772 | — | — |
| 1991 | 252 | #814 | — | — |
| 1990 | 196 | #960 | — | — |
| 1989 | 173 | #999 | 11 | #4,703 |
| 1988 | 242 | #778 | 8 | #5,532 |
| 1987 | 196 | #870 | 6 | #6,646 |
| 1986 | 163 | #970 | 10 | #4,346 |
| 1985 | 156 | #984 | 8 | #4,999 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,163 | 5 | #6,967 |
| 1983 | 111 | #1,181 | — | — |
| 1982 | 122 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 1981 | 123 | #1,125 | — | — |
| 1980 | 147 | #1,000 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,308 | 8 | #4,680 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,657 | — | — |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,591 | — | — |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,614 | — | — |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,059 | — | — |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,508 | — | — |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,301 | — | — |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,437 | — | — |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,998 | — | — |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,281 | — | — |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,332 | — | — |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,007 | — | — |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,507 | — | — |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,119 | — | — |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,119 | — | — |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,489 | — | — |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,136 | — | — |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,306 | — | — |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,500 | — | — |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,368 | — | — |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,092 | — | — |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,429 | — | — |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,073 | — | — |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,501 | — | — |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,210 | — | — |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,351 | — | — |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,046 | — | — |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,812 | — | — |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,316 | — | — |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,471 | — | — |
| 1947 | 13 | #3,004 | — | — |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,358 | — | — |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,575 | — | — |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,884 | — | — |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,052 | — | — |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,756 | — | — |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,781 | — | — |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,671 | — | — |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,928 | — | — |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,683 | — | — |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,969 | — | — |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,846 | — | — |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,434 | — | — |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,970 | — | — |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,496 | — | — |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,445 | — | — |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,169 | — | — |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,509 | — | — |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,264 | — | — |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,577 | — | — |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,860 | — | — |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,193 | — | — |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,565 | — | — |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,837 | — | — |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,226 | — | — |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,291 | — | — |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,083 | — | — |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,832 | — | — |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,678 | — | — |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,725 | — | — |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,579 | — | — |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,216 | — | — |
| 1915 | 9 | #3,042 | — | — |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,464 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).