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

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Peak · girls
1980 · 769 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
24,870
since 1906

Maribel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maribel has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #315, 1980girls
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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#1,652125—
2024#1,708119—
2023#1,514142—
2022#1,373168—
2021#2,02495—
2020#1,623128—
2019#2,03594—
2018#1,813112—
2017#1,655130—
2016#1,472156—
2015#1,411164—
2014#1,454155—
2013#1,338174—
2012#1,291184—
2011#1,138215—
2010#1,180206—
2009#945282—
2008#935291—
2007#905304—
2006#804341—
2005#598474—
2004#764341—
2003#839291—
2002#729334—
2001#726335—
2000#649385—
1999#622382—
1998#577424—
1997#491502—
1996#502477—
1995#484513#7,7926
1994#495501—
1993#478526#5,36010
1992#415610#5,23610
1991#424601#4,47612
1990#394661#4,99310
1989#431572#5,1659
1988#470481—
1987#450491#6,0896
1986#445485#4,4579
1985#462460#3,80511
1984#439474#2,82416
1983#424510#3,23013
1982#360640#3,69211
1981#354662#4,9617
1980#315769#4,1349
1979#402538—
1978#399515#5,7725
1977#405512#5,8455
1976#389528#4,4187
1975#380546#5,4645
1974#380558#4,6346
1973#390523#4,0547
1972#385555#4,4416
1971#390576—
1970#446492#4,7245
1969#468425—
1968#521342—
1967#561282—
1966#680205—
1965#646230—
1964#632260—
1963#656238—
1962#670232—
1961#929133—
1960#1,14790—
1959#1,27371—
1958#1,79137—
1957#2,02829—
1956#2,00529—
1955#2,15625—
1954#3,49011—
1953#5,0406—
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1951#4,3857—
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1949#5,2445—
1948#3,5939—
1947#3,7069—
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1944#4,0546—
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1942#3,4448—
1941#3,5597—
1940#2,73710—
1939#3,1458—
1938#2,73010—
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1936#2,38612—
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1934#2,9239—
1933#2,8689—
1932#3,0479—
1931#2,42712—
1930#2,84510—
1929#2,58712—
1928#2,19416—
1927#2,43314—
1926#2,70812—
1925#2,28316—
1924#2,21217—
1923#1,67225—
1922#2,38715—
1921#2,28216—
1920#2,46314—
1919#2,38414—
1918#2,20916—
1917#1,65222—
1916#2,36813—
1915#2,52611—
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First appearance
1906

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 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Maribel
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1980 at #315 (769 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1961–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,159
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Maribel (5,544) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s10#1,951 (1906)#2,006
1910s89#1,652 (1917)#2,267
1920s157#1,672 (1923)#2,322
1930s79#2,386 (1936)#2,796
1940s54#2,737 (1940)#3,762
1950s215#1,273 (1959)#2,771
1960s2,437#468 (1969)#691
1970s5,343#380 (1974)#397
1980s5,544#315 (1980)#415
1990s5,197#394 (1990)#488
2000s3,378#598 (2005)#789
2010s1,590#1,138 (2011)#1,479
2020s777#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 1906

girls
#1,951
5 births · 1 in 59,059 girls

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #1,951Maribel5
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 59,059 of them was named Maribel, which outranked 12.1% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maribel
  1. #1,727Zannie6
  2. #1,727Zelia6
  3. #1,727Zina6
  4. #1,951Maribel5
  5. #1,951Ader5
  6. #1,951Adra5
  7. #1,951Ailie5

Tied with 269 names at #1,951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →