Mariel — #1040 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mariel

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,182 babies named Mariel between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariel currently holds the #1040 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 268 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,870 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Mariel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,239 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mariel in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mariel 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 7,182 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.