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

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Peak · girls
1992 · 524 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,660
since 1958

Mariela over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #470, 1992girls
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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#1,229183—
2024#1,317174—
2023#1,361165—
2022#1,325177—
2021#1,612130—
2020#1,524139—
2019#1,629130—
2018#1,497146—
2017#1,744121—
2016#1,614136—
2015#1,554141—
2014#1,362171—
2013#1,351172—
2012#1,153213—
2011#1,229195—
2010#1,070232—
2009#979272—
2008#927295—
2007#779370—
2006#797342—
2005#667416—
2004#585481—
2003#617435—
2002#678371—
2001#632398—
2000#745309—
1999#637370—
1998#564435—
1997#516463—
1996#717294—
1995#715289—
1994#652330—
1993#633354—
1992#470524#6,1288
1991#787260—
1990#820239—
1989#1,051162—
1988#1,028157—
1987#1,016152—
1986#1,047144—
1985#1,36595—
1984#1,245103—
1983#1,247101—
1982#1,34592—
1981#1,261102—
1980#1,197110—
1979#1,39488—
1978#1,61466—
1977#1,38081—
1976#1,49969—
1975#1,98644—
1974#2,43331—
1973#2,83024—
1972#3,40418—
1971#2,73626—
1970#2,93823—
1969#3,46116—
1968#4,22211—
1967#4,05311—
1966#3,74012—
1965#3,26415—
1964#4,09611—
1963#5,2967—
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First appearance
1958

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 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedWAIdaho: #209 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 794 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #629 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,995 girlsMNIllinois: #479 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,913 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,120 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,392 girlsMINew York: #703 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,050 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedORNevada: #246 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,068 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #262 for girls · 162 births · 1 in 1,376 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedUTColorado: #340 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,746 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedWVVirginia: #841 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,651 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedDEArizona: #378 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,872 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedNMKansas: #392 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,073 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #579 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,006 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedALGeorgia: #616 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,277 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mariela, so not publishedHITexas: #269 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 1,427 girlsTXFlorida: #524 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,334 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#209 · 1 in 794
  2. Nevada#246 · 1 in 1,068
  3. California#262 · 1 in 1,376
  4. Texas#269 · 1 in 1,427
  5. Colorado#340 · 1 in 1,746

Best ever in a state: #187 in New Mexico, 2007.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#20971 in 794
Nevada#24681 in 1,068
California#2621621 in 1,376
Texas#269981 in 1,427
Colorado#340121 in 1,746
Arizona#378151 in 1,872
Kansas#39261 in 2,073
Illinois#479241 in 2,913
Florida#524221 in 3,334
North Carolina#579101 in 4,006
Georgia#616101 in 4,277
Minnesota#62951 in 4,995
New York#703201 in 5,050
Virginia#84151 in 6,651
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 Mariela
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1958
  • Peaked 1992 at #470 (524 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1990–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,519
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 31.6% of all girls named Mariela (3,689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#5,408 (1958)#5,408
1960s94#3,264 (1965)#4,488
1970s470#1,380 (1977)#2,221
1980s1,218#1,016 (1987)#1,180
1990s3,558#470 (1992)#651
2000s3,689#585 (2004)#741
2010s1,657#1,070 (2010)#1,420
2020s968#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 1997

girls
#516
463 births · 1 in 3,760 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. #516Mariela463
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 3,760 of them was named Mariela, which outranked 96.8% 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 Mariela
  1. #513Maritza469
  2. #514Margarita467
  3. #515Charity464
  4. #516Mariela463
  5. #516Shawna463
  6. #518Julianne462
  7. #518Kaylyn462
  8. #518Melinda462

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

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 →