Maricel
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 465since 1960
Maricel over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Maricel has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
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| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
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| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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First appearance
1960
The first year at least five girls were named Maricel! It came in at #6,390, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Maricel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Maricel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Maricel
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 1984 at #3,990 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 82,546
- Highest: 1 in 82,546 girls born in 1990 were named Maricel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,990 in 1984, was only 1 in 88,622 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 28.8% of all girls named Maricel (134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 43 | #4,625 (1967) | #6,083 |
| 1970s | 106 | #4,123 (1971) | #5,475 |
| 1980s | 134 | #3,990 (1984) | #5,815 |
| 1990s | 115 | #4,230 (1990) | #8,536 |
| 2000s | 62 | #9,007 (2007) | #12,659 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
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.
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