Maribel — #1701 US girls' name
24,742 babies named Maribel in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Maribel was born in this single decade.
768 babies were named Maribel in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maribel
The Social Security Administration has registered 24,742 babies named Maribel between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maribel currently holds the #1701 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 768 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maribel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5,542 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Maribel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,787 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Maribel in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maribel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24,742 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maribel at a glance
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Current rank
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Maribel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1906
- Peak year (1980)
- 768
- Annual births at peak — across 119 years of records
Currently ranks #1701 among girls.
24,742 total births across 119 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 768 births in a single year.
Maribel popularity over time — boys
185 total births recorded since 1970 (Maribel as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Maribel accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maribel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5,542 births that decade — 22% of Maribel's all-time total
Maribel decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,542 births
- Runner-up 5,343 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Maribel's strongest decade
5,542 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Maribel by state
Where Maribel concentrates geographically — total births since 1906
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8,787 | 35.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,994 | 20.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,446 | 9.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,704 | 6.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 772 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 769 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 630 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Washington | | 326 | 1.3% |
8,787 of 24,742 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 35.5% of nationwide
- Texas 20.2% of nationwide
- New York 9.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 35.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Maribel appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1906–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.