Maricelda — girls' name
28 babies named Maricelda in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
28 girls have been named Maricelda since 1959, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1976.
- 28
- total births
- 1959–1976
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 82%
- born in that decade
82% of everyone ever named Maricelda was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Maricelda in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maricelda
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Maricelda between 1959 and 1976, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maricelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maricelda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Maricelda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maricelda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maricelda 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 28 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.
Maricelda at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maricelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1959
- Peak year (1970)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
28 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 8 births in a single year.
Maricelda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 23 births that decade — 82% of Maricelda's all-time total
Maricelda decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Maricelda's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 82% of all-time use.
Maricelda by state
Where Maricelda concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 57.1% |
16 of 28 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 57.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 57.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1959–1976 (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.