How rare is the name Marielle?

4,554 people in the United States have the first name Marielle, about 1 in 66,322. It ranks #4,194 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARIELLE

#4,194

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,554
About
1 in 66,322
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,554 people named Marielle, 53% reported their origin as White, 15.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 14.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marielle peaked in 2016, when 158 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19202025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
158
In 2025*
121 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,530 babies have been given the name since 1920. 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.

Marielle by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,601. The largest share of babies named Marielle, 33.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#10,03621
1940s#12,5745
1950s#10,39823
1960s#5,430137
1970s#7,646114
1980s#3,137568
1990s#2,6011,051
2000s#3,564910
2010s#3,3551,092
2020s#3,529609
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–805.4%
Millennials 1981–9628.1%
Generation Z 1997–1233.5%
2013 and later30.9%

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 Marielle is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marielle has been most common in New York (3×), California (2.6×), and New Jersey (2.6×), and least common in Ohio (0.45×).

2,353 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 Marielle

1 other first name also has 4,554 people.

#4,194 Lona · 4,554

Either side of Marielle

#4,193 Sebastien · 4,555#4,194 Lona · 4,554#4,196 Maximillian · 4,552#4,197 Katya · 4,550

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,579 Mariela · 20,404#2,628 Mariel · 9,033#3,591 Marilee · 5,704#4,104 Mariella · 4,697#9,199 Mariely · 1,529#15,918 Maryella · 716#19,928 Marella · 524#21,666 Marilla · 467

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