How rare is the name Mariel?

9,033 people in the United States have the first name Mariel, about 1 in 33,436. It ranks #2,628 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARIEL

#2,628

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,033
About
1 in 33,436
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,033 people named Mariel, 57% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.7% as White and 9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mariel peaked in 2025, when 303 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
303
In 2025*
303
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,603 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mariel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,640. The largest share of babies named Mariel, 38.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#6,14445
1920s#4,889116
1930s#3,549161
1940s#5,024101
1950s#6,63579
1960s#7,88868
1970s#4,360277
1980s#1,6401,608
1990s#1,7691,886
2000s#2,8071,277
2010s#3,579987
2020s#2,526998
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Silent Generation 1928–453.3%
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–806.2%
Millennials 1981–9638.2%
Generation Z 1997–1226%
2013 and later22.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mariel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mariel has been most common in Texas (3.3×), California (2.7×), and Arizona (2.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.18×).

4,666 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Mariel

1 other first name also has 9,033 people.

#2,628 Errol · 9,033

Either side of Mariel

#2,627 Selma · 9,055#2,628 Errol · 9,033#2,630 Fletcher · 9,032#2,630 Lindy · 9,032

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mariel, most common first.

#1,579 Mariela · 20,404#9,199 Mariely · 1,529#23,940 Marieli · 406#31,475 Marel · 272#33,489 Marial · 247#39,134 Mariell · 194#40,711 Mariele · 182#40,711 Maril · 182

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