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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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.

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 1993

girls
#934
202 births · 1 in 8,956 girls
boys
#7,638
6 births · 1 in 326,888 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #934Mariel202

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #7,638Mariel6
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 8,956 of them was named Mariel, which outranked 94.1% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mariel
  1. #930Janel203
  2. #930Jerrica203
  3. #930Leann203
  4. #934Mariel202
  5. #934Eunice202
  6. #934Mai202
  7. #934Susanna202
  8. #938Deyanira201
  9. #938Jerica201
  10. #938Lourdes201

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 326,888 of them was named Mariel, which outranked 24.9% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mariel
  1. #6,816Zeno7
  2. #6,816Zeus7
  3. #6,816Zubair7
  4. #7,638Mariel6
  5. #7,638Abayomi6
  6. #7,638Abbott6
  7. #7,638Abdurrahman6
  8. #8,700Abdon5
  9. #8,700Abdoulaye5
  10. #8,700Abdullahi5

Tied with 1,061 names at #7,638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 5,880Savon#6,670#790
  2. 2,006Jordy#2,834#828
  3. 662Austyn#1,598#936
  4. 471Devaughn#1,395#924
  5. 454Mikal#1,294#840
Fallers
  1. 329Channing#887#1,216
  2. 307Garth#658#965
  3. 252Earnest#911#1,163
  4. 241Armand#987#1,228
  5. 240Spenser#831#1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993