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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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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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—
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1955#2,15625—
1954#3,49011—
1953#5,0406—
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1920#2,46314—
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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 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedNHWashington: #432 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,386 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #361 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,119 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,120 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,392 girlsMINew York: #648 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,591 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedRIOregon: #555 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,228 girlsORNevada: #326 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,424 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #229 for girls · 194 births · 1 in 1,149 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedUTColorado: #397 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,095 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedDEArizona: #191 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 826 girlsAZNew Mexico: #384 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,656 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #745 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,722 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #360 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,869 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #926 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,128 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maribel, so not publishedHITexas: #317 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 1,706 girlsTXFlorida: #376 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,223 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#191 · 1 in 826
  2. California#229 · 1 in 1,149
  3. Texas#317 · 1 in 1,706
  4. Nevada#326 · 1 in 1,424
  5. Oklahoma#360 · 1 in 1,869

Best ever in a state: #96 in California, 1980.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#191341 in 826
California#2291941 in 1,149
Texas#317821 in 1,706
Nevada#32661 in 1,424
Oklahoma#36091 in 1,869
Illinois#361331 in 2,119
Florida#376331 in 2,223
New Mexico#38451 in 1,656
Colorado#397101 in 2,095
Washington#432121 in 2,386
Oregon#55551 in 3,228
New York#648221 in 4,591
North Carolina#74571 in 5,722
Georgia#92661 in 7,128
Michigan#1,12051 in 10,392
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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 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 1997

girls
#491
502 births · 1 in 3,468 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #491Maribel502
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 3,468 of them was named Maribel, which outranked 97.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maribel
  1. #488Kaley508
  2. #489Moriah504
  3. #489Paula504
  4. #491Maribel502
  5. #492Annika501
  6. #492Ella501
  7. #492Tina501
Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →