Maricel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Maricel

The Social Security Administration has registered 465 babies named Maricel between 1960 and 2011, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maricel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maricel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Maricel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Maricel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maricel 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 465 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.