Mariel

#893 for girls in 2025, 298 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 98.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1992 · 268 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,482
since 1914

Mariel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mariel has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #771, 1992girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#893298#12,0085
2024#1,039242—
2023#1,255183—
2022#2,04894—
2021#2,28680—
2020#1,96596—
2019#2,28579—
2018#2,02696—
2017#1,703125—
2016#1,828113#12,1855
2015#1,839112—
2014#2,15488—
2013#2,03295#12,1365
2012#2,44975—
2011#2,21685—
2010#1,860109—
2009#1,822118—
2008#1,800121#11,0376
2007#1,752123#12,3675
2006#1,691124#8,7328
2005#1,681118—
2004#1,654117—
2003#1,561123—
2002#1,432133—
2001#1,600115#10,5565
2000#1,231161—
1999#1,358130—
1998#1,312135#9,6315
1997#1,163159—
1996#1,064174—
1995#1,126157—
1994#941197#8,8005
1993#934202#7,6386
1992#771268—
1991#811252—
1990#957196—
1989#995173#4,52711
1988#775242#5,2008
1987#866196#6,0896
1986#967163#4,13010
1985#981156#4,6988
1984#1,157117#6,3155
1983#1,179111—
1982#1,152122—
1981#1,122123—
1980#995147#3,83810
1979#1,30196#4,4038
1978#2,62932—
1977#2,55733—
1976#3,54019—
1975#3,95016—
1974#3,42619—
1973#3,23320—
1972#4,30013—
1971#4,81011—
1970#5,06110—
1969#4,19812—
1968#5,6427—
1967#6,0426—
1966#4,8668—
1965#4,8318—
1964#6,0096—
1963#4,8968—
1962#5,8606—
1961——
1960#5,1687—
1959#5,0317—
1958#3,92510—
1957#4,2029—
1956#3,91010—
1955#3,37712—
1954——
1953#5,6735—
1952#4,1238—
1951#2,93713—
1950#5,3015—
1949#3,17611—
1948#4,2057—
1947#2,89813—
1946#3,21710—
1945#3,3888—
1944#2,76211—
1943#3,8017—
1942#2,66612—
1941#2,66811—
1940#2,57211—
1939#1,88118—
1938#2,57911—
1937#1,91417—
1936#1,80118—
1935#1,41827—
1934#1,91317—
1933#2,40412—
1932#2,36513—
1931#2,10515—
1930#2,42513—
1929#2,19115—
1928#2,49713—
1927#1,82822—
1926#3,04610—
1925#2,48914—
1924#4,4346—
1923#3,9717—
1922#3,15210—
1921#2,94111—
1920#3,5988—
1919#3,4528—
1918#3,5128—
1917#3,3448—
1916#3,9196—
1915#2,9009—
1914#3,1886—
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Mariel! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Mariel is popular in 1914

No state had 5 or more girls named Mariel in 1914, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Mariel
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 146 spots since 2024 (#1,039 → #893)
  • 1,072 spots since 2020 (#1,965 → #893)
  • 946 spots since 2015 (#1,839 → #893)
  • Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1980 (#1,301 → #995)
  • Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1989 (#775 → #995)
Rise & fade · girls
78 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1992 at #771 (268 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1985–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,394
  • Highest: 1 in 5,394 girls born in 2025 were named Mariel (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #771 in 1992, was only 1 in 6,880 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 25.0% of all girls named Mariel (1,870) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s45#2,900 (1915)#3,386
1920s116#1,828 (1927)#3,015
1930s161#1,418 (1935)#2,081
1940s101#2,572 (1940)#3,135
1950s79#2,937 (1951)#4,275
1960s68#4,198 (1969)#5,279
1970s269#1,301 (1979)#3,481
1980s1,550#775 (1988)#1,019
1990s1,870#771 (1992)#1,044
2000s1,253#1,231 (2000)#1,622
2010s977#1,703 (2017)#2,039
2020s993#893 (2025)#1,581

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.

Mariel in 1914

girls
#3,188
6 births · 1 in 126,930 girls

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #3,188Mariel6
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 126,930 of them was named Mariel, which outranked 24.2% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mariel
  1. #2,876Zillie7
  2. #2,876Zofia7
  3. #2,876Zollie7
  4. #3,188Mariel6
  5. #3,188Adamae6
  6. #3,188Addis6
  7. #3,188Adlena6
  8. #3,618Aaron5
  9. #3,618Abelina5
  10. #3,618Adelee5

Tied with 429 names at #3,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 589Rilla#1,358 → #769
  2. ↑ 587Venita#1,465 → #878
  3. ↑ 509Orene#1,465 → #956
  4. ↑ 486Vonnie#1,405 → #919
  5. ↑ 463Kathlyn#1,020 → #557
Fallers
  1. ↓ 837Christena#981 → #1,818
  2. ↓ 642Tiny#961 → #1,603
  3. ↓ 504Dominga#881 → #1,385
  4. ↓ 504Florrie#881 → #1,385
  5. ↓ 419Veola#925 → #1,344

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1914 →