Girls' name · since 1935
Mariaelena
2,030 babies named Mariaelena in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,763 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,030
- born since 1935
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mariaelena currently ranks #5763 among girls' names in America, with 2,030 babies recorded since 1935.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mariaelena has been recorded 2,030 times among girls since 1935, currently ranked #5763 nationally and more common than 67% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2025.
- #4,662 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,763 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,030 born since 1935
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mariaelena ranks #4,662 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,763 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,030 born since 1935, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,763 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,030
- born since 1935
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mariaelena's 2,030 recorded births place it above 93.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mariaelena compares
2,030 Top 22% higher than 78% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mariaelena's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mariaelena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,030 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mariaelena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mariaelena's full recorded timeline at 1984, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1935, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 58 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mariaelena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Mariaelena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (426 births, 21% of the file).
1990s was Mariaelena's strongest decade.
426 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Mariaelena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 98
1940s
98 births
- 1950s 38
1950s
38 births
- 1960s
1960s
207 births
- 1970s
1970s
282 births
- 1980s
1980s
347 births
- 1990s
1990s
426 births
- 2000s
2000s
336 births
- 2010s
2010s
187 births
- 2020s 97
2020s
97 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 426 births (21% of all-time use).
How Mariaelena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mariaelena's total volume
Mariaelena by state
Where Mariaelena concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 702 | 34.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 176 | 8.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 38 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 20 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.5% |
702 of 2,030 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Mariaelena's data
- Mariaelena's decade-level peak was the 1990s (426 total births); usage has since declined to 97 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mariaelenas (702 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mariaelena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~90 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1935–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mariaelena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.