Maribel
#1,652 for girls in 2025, 125 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #7,792
Given to girls 99.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 769 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 24,870since 1906
Maribel over time
Rank among girls' names. Maribel has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,652 | 125 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,708 | 119 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,514 | 142 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,373 | 168 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,024 | 95 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,623 | 128 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,035 | 94 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,813 | 112 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,655 | 130 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,472 | 156 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,411 | 164 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,454 | 155 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,338 | 174 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,291 | 184 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,138 | 215 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,180 | 206 | — | |
| 2009 | #945 | 282 | — | |
| 2008 | #935 | 291 | — | |
| 2007 | #905 | 304 | — | |
| 2006 | #804 | 341 | — | |
| 2005 | #598 | 474 | — | |
| 2004 | #764 | 341 | — | |
| 2003 | #839 | 291 | — | |
| 2002 | #729 | 334 | — | |
| 2001 | #726 | 335 | — | |
| 2000 | #649 | 385 | — | |
| 1999 | #622 | 382 | — | |
| 1998 | #577 | 424 | — | |
| 1997 | #491 | 502 | — | |
| 1996 | #502 | 477 | — | |
| 1995 | #484 | 513 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #495 | 501 | — | |
| 1993 | #478 | 526 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #415 | 610 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #424 | 601 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #394 | 661 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #431 | 572 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #470 | 481 | — | |
| 1987 | #450 | 491 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #445 | 485 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #462 | 460 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #439 | 474 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #424 | 510 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #360 | 640 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #354 | 662 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #315 | 769 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #402 | 538 | — | |
| 1978 | #399 | 515 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #405 | 512 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #389 | 528 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #380 | 546 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #380 | 558 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #390 | 523 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #385 | 555 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #390 | 576 | — | |
| 1970 | #446 | 492 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #468 | 425 | — | |
| 1968 | #521 | 342 | — | |
| 1967 | #561 | 282 | — | |
| 1966 | #680 | 205 | — | |
| 1965 | #646 | 230 | — | |
| 1964 | #632 | 260 | — | |
| 1963 | #656 | 238 | — | |
| 1962 | #670 | 232 | — | |
| 1961 | #929 | 133 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,147 | 90 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,273 | 71 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | — | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Maribel! It came in at #1,951, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Maribel is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#113 · 1 in 553
- Texas#160 · 1 in 847
- Arizona#218 · 1 in 1,050
- Illinois#235 · 1 in 1,445
- New York#346 · 1 in 2,252
Best ever in a state: #96 in California, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #113 | 328 | 1 in 553 |
| Texas | #160 | 146 | 1 in 847 |
| Arizona | #218 | 19 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Illinois | #235 | 52 | 1 in 1,445 |
| New York | #346 | 45 | 1 in 2,252 |
| New Mexico | #369 | 5 | 1 in 1,864 |
| New Jersey | #393 | 13 | 1 in 2,867 |
| Colorado | #559 | 5 | 1 in 4,153 |
| Florida | #579 | 12 | 1 in 4,508 |
| Washington | #687 | 5 | 1 in 5,522 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Maribel
- 56 spots since 2024 (#1,708 → #1,652)
- 29 spots since 2020 (#1,623 → #1,652)
- 241 spots since 2015 (#1,411 → #1,652)
- Biggest jump: 259 spots in 1962 (#929 → #670)
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 2010 (#945 → #1,180)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1980 at #315 (769 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1961–2009
- Highest: 1 in 2,159 girls born in 1980 were named Maribel (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,858 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.3% of all girls named Maribel (5,544) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,951 (1906) | #2,006 |
| 1910s | 89 | #1,652 (1917) | #2,267 |
| 1920s | 157 | #1,672 (1923) | #2,322 |
| 1930s | 79 | #2,386 (1936) | #2,796 |
| 1940s | 54 | #2,737 (1940) | #3,762 |
| 1950s | 215 | #1,273 (1959) | #2,771 |
| 1960s | 2,437 | #468 (1969) | #691 |
| 1970s | 5,343 | #380 (1974) | #397 |
| 1980s | 5,544 | #315 (1980) | #415 |
| 1990s | 5,197 | #394 (1990) | #488 |
| 2000s | 3,378 | #598 (2005) | #789 |
| 2010s | 1,590 | #1,138 (2011) | #1,479 |
| 2020s | 777 | #1,373 (2022) | #1,649 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Maribel in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 2,520 of them was named Maribel, which outranked 97.1% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 255,882 of them was named Maribel, which outranked 31.9% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,509Zain8
- #4,509Zalman8
- #4,509Zoran8
- #4,961Maribel7
- #4,961Abdel7
- #4,961Abdiel7
- #4,961Abelino7
- #5,468Aaren6
- #5,468Abby6
- #5,468Abdon6
Tied with 506 names at #4,961; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.