Marisela

#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 410 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,309
since 1945

Marisela over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marisela has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #494, 1985girls
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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#4,98726
2024#4,20734
2023#4,04736
2022#3,76540
2021#3,80139
2020#4,00535
2019#3,49944
2018#4,23733
2017#4,06636
2016#3,77740
2015#2,84661
2014#3,18451
2013#2,97356
2012#2,86660
2011#2,86860
2010#2,45176
2009#2,041100
2008#1,890112
2007#1,894109
2006#1,682125
2005#1,565130
2004#1,498134
2003#1,446136
2002#1,351143
2001#1,287151
2000#1,120182
1999#1,143171
1998#1,099175
1997#993196
1996#901218
1995#946199
1994#844236#8,8005
1993#810247
1992#690313
1991#679315
1990#617365
1989#591369#5,6158
1988#638310
1987#621311
1986#577336
1985#494410#4,6988
1984#874174
1983#959152
1982#1,019144
1981#825191
1980#712236
1979#673256
1978#714221#4,1578
1977#608278
1976#574285
1975#740195
1974#705208
1973#749185
1972#863149
1971#847162
1970#889149
1969#994118
1968#1,031101
1967#1,13387
1966#1,11390
1965#1,17783
1964#1,37267
1963#1,42961
1962#1,35067
1961#1,48157
1960#1,92535
1959#1,76539
1958#1,65742
1957#1,78437
1956#2,00529
1955#1,77435
1954#1,94929
1953#2,01726
1952#1,86129
1951#3,48210
1950#2,90913
1949#2,01323
1948#3,5939
1947#5,2955
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Marisela! It came in at #2,598, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1946–1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Marisela is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMNIllinois: #377 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,532 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #231 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 1,170 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedDEArizona: #372 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,048 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedHITexas: #499 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 3,231 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#231 · 1 in 1,170
  2. Arizona#372 · 1 in 2,048
  3. Illinois#377 · 1 in 2,532
  4. Texas#499 · 1 in 3,231

Best ever in a state: #165 in Arizona, 1985.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#2311311 in 1,170
Arizona#37281 in 2,048
Illinois#377281 in 2,532
Texas#499321 in 3,231
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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 Marisela
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 780 spots since 2024 (#4,207#4,987)
  • 982 spots since 2020 (#4,005#4,987)
  • 2,141 spots since 2015 (#2,846#4,987)
  • Biggest jump: 380 spots in 1985 (#874#494)
  • Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1982 (#825#1,019)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1985 at #494 (410 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1983–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,197
  • Highest: 1 in 4,197 girls born in 1985 were named Marisela (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 25.5% of all girls named Marisela (2,633) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s49#2,013 (1949)#3,375
1950s289#1,657 (1958)#2,120
1960s766#994 (1969)#1,301
1970s2,088#574 (1976)#736
1980s2,633#494 (1985)#731
1990s2,435#617 (1990)#872
2000s1,322#1,120 (2000)#1,577
2010s517#2,451 (2010)#3,277
2020s210#3,765 (2022)#4,135

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.

Marisela in 1978

girls
#714
221 births · 1 in 6,931 girls
boys
#4,157
8 births · 1 in 205,230 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #714Marisela221

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #4,157Marisela8
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 6,931 of them was named Marisela, which outranked 93.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marisela
  1. #711Caitlin222
  2. #711John222
  3. #711Phyllis222
  4. #714Marisela221
  5. #714Deidra221
  6. #714Lynne221
  7. #717Cathleen220
  8. #717Maranda220
  9. #717Mercedes220

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

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 205,230 of them was named Marisela, which outranked 38.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marisela
  1. #3,857Zebediah9
  2. #3,857Zion9
  3. #3,857Zoltan9
  4. #4,157Marisela8
  5. #4,157Abimael8
  6. #4,157Adrean8
  7. #4,157Airrion8
  8. #4,554Abasi7
  9. #4,554Abdallah7
  10. #4,554Absalom7

Tied with 396 names at #4,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978