Mariela
#1,229 for girls in 2025, 183 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #6,128
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 524 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,660since 1958
Mariela over time
Rank among girls' names. Mariela has never cracked the top 400 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 | #1,229 | 183 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,317 | 174 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,361 | 165 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,325 | 177 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,612 | 130 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,524 | 139 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,629 | 130 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,497 | 146 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,744 | 121 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,614 | 136 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,554 | 141 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,362 | 171 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,351 | 172 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,153 | 213 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,229 | 195 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,070 | 232 | — | |
| 2009 | #979 | 272 | — | |
| 2008 | #927 | 295 | — | |
| 2007 | #779 | 370 | — | |
| 2006 | #797 | 342 | — | |
| 2005 | #667 | 416 | — | |
| 2004 | #585 | 481 | — | |
| 2003 | #617 | 435 | — | |
| 2002 | #678 | 371 | — | |
| 2001 | #632 | 398 | — | |
| 2000 | #745 | 309 | — | |
| 1999 | #637 | 370 | — | |
| 1998 | #564 | 435 | — | |
| 1997 | #516 | 463 | — | |
| 1996 | #717 | 294 | — | |
| 1995 | #715 | 289 | — | |
| 1994 | #652 | 330 | — | |
| 1993 | #633 | 354 | — | |
| 1992 | #470 | 524 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #787 | 260 | — | |
| 1990 | #820 | 239 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,051 | 162 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,028 | 157 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,016 | 152 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,047 | 144 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,365 | 95 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,245 | 103 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,247 | 101 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,345 | 92 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,261 | 102 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,197 | 110 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,394 | 88 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,614 | 66 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,499 | 69 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Mariela! It came in at #5,408, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1959, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mariela is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#552 · 1 in 3,890
- Illinois#834 · 1 in 8,110
- Texas#925 · 1 in 8,890
- New York#1,361 · 1 in 15,270
Best ever in a state: #187 in New Mexico, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #552 | 52 | 1 in 3,890 |
| Illinois | #834 | 9 | 1 in 8,110 |
| Texas | #925 | 15 | 1 in 8,890 |
| New York | #1,361 | 7 | 1 in 15,270 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Mariela
- 88 spots since 2024 (#1,317 → #1,229)
- 295 spots since 2020 (#1,524 → #1,229)
- 325 spots since 2015 (#1,554 → #1,229)
- Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1992 (#787 → #470)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1993 (#470 → #633)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1992 at #470 (524 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1990–2009
- Highest: 1 in 3,519 girls born in 1992 were named Mariela (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,783 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 31.6% of all girls named Mariela (3,689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #5,408 (1958) | #5,408 |
| 1960s | 94 | #3,264 (1965) | #4,488 |
| 1970s | 470 | #1,380 (1977) | #2,221 |
| 1980s | 1,218 | #1,016 (1987) | #1,180 |
| 1990s | 3,558 | #470 (1992) | #651 |
| 2000s | 3,689 | #585 (2004) | #741 |
| 2010s | 1,657 | #1,070 (2010) | #1,420 |
| 2020s | 968 | #1,229 (2025) | #1,395 |
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.
Mariela in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 18,114 of them was named Mariela, which outranked 89.1% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,361Kallie96
- #1,361Lashawnda96
- #1,361Melodie96
- #1,365Mariela95
- #1,365Brett95
- #1,365Elysia95
- #1,365Giovanna95
- #1,373Carmela94
- #1,373Carole94
- #1,373Dusty94
Tied with 7 names at #1,365; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.