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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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—
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1948#3,5939—
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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 1991

  • 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: #451 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,101 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMINew York: #1,979 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 23,803 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marisela, so not publishedRIOregon: #510 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,371 girlsORNevada: 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: #338 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 1,909 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: #306 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,613 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: #492 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,411 girlsOKLouisiana: 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: #370 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 2,236 girlsTXFlorida: #683 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,454 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#306 · 1 in 1,613
  2. California#338 · 1 in 1,909
  3. Texas#370 · 1 in 2,236
  4. Illinois#451 · 1 in 3,101
  5. Oklahoma#492 · 1 in 3,411

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#306161 in 1,613
California#3381371 in 1,909
Texas#370611 in 2,236
Illinois#451251 in 3,101
Oklahoma#49251 in 3,411
Oregon#51051 in 3,371
Florida#683141 in 5,454
New York#1,97951 in 23,803
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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 1991

girls
#679
315 births · 1 in 5,952 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #679Marisela315
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 5,952 of them was named Marisela, which outranked 95.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marisela
  1. #675Kaylie319
  2. #677Ashely316
  3. #677Harley316
  4. #679Marisela315
  5. #679Deja315
  6. #679Roxana315
  7. #682Alysia314
  8. #682Gwendolyn314
  9. #682Laurie314

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →