Girls' name · since 1944
Maricela
Maricela has 13,077 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,077
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
13,077 babies have been named Maricela since 1944, making it today's #2697 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Maricela recorded 13,077 times among girls since 1944, holding rank #2697 nationally today, ahead of 84% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #1,414 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,697 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,077 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maricela ranks #1,414 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,697 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,077 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #1,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,077
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Maricela's 13,077 recorded births place it above 98.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maricela compares
13,077 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Maricela's all-time total is 35x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maricela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,077 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 437 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maricela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maricela's full recorded timeline at 1985, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 10 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 437 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maricela popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 437
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Maricela popularity over time - boys
56 total births recorded since 1978 (Maricela as boys' name)
Maricela by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (3,083 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Maricela's strongest decade.
3,083 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Maricela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 101
1940s
101 births
- 1950s 452
1950s
452 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,252 births
- 1970s
1970s
3,083 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,908 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,680 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,543 births
- 2010s 737
2010s
737 births
- 2020s 321
2020s
321 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 3,083 births (24% of all-time use).
How Maricela 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 Maricela's total volume
Maricela by state
Where Maricela concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,377 | 41.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,917 | 30.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 771 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 489 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 177 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Washington | | 98 | 0.7% |
| #7 | New York | | 73 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Oregon | | 51 | 0.4% |
5,377 of 13,077 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Maricela appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maricela's data
- Maricela's decade-level peak was the 1970s (3,083 total births); usage has since declined to 321 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Maricelas (5,377 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.
Keep exploring Maricela
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Maricela
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Maricela
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maricela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Maricela 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.