Mariel
Mariel was given to 298 girls in 2025, #893 among girls’ names; 7,603 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,120 Americans named Mariel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 14 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mariel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mariel mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mariel is “a female given name.”
From Mary + -el.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mariel?
#893 among girls’ names, 2025
Mariel rose from #1,847 in 2015 to #893 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.06 to 0.19 per 1,000.
303 babies in 2025, the peak
Mariel peaked in 2025, when 303 babies were given it (298 girls, #893 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 242 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | #893 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 242 | #1,040 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,259 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,064 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,303 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,971 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,300 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,039 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,713 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,835 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 112 | #1,847 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,168 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,047 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,466 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,234 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,870 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,828 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 121 | #1,804 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,758 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,699 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,687 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,662 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,573 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,439 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,604 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 161 | #1,233 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,365 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,316 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 159 | #1,163 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 174 | #1,066 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 157 | #1,125 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 197 | #945 | 0.11 |
| 1993 | 202 | #935 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 268 | #770 | 0.15 |
| 1991 | 252 | #812 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 196 | #958 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 173 | #996 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 242 | #778 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 196 | #870 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 163 | #970 | 0.10 |
| 1985 | 156 | #984 | 0.09 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,163 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 111 | #1,181 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 122 | #1,156 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 123 | #1,125 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 147 | #1,000 | 0.09 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,308 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,657 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,591 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,613 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,057 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,508 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,300 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,436 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,996 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,280 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,331 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,005 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,506 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,118 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,118 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,488 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,135 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,305 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,499 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,367 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,091 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,428 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,072 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,500 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,208 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,350 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,045 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,810 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,315 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,469 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 13 | #3,003 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,357 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,573 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,883 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,051 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,754 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,779 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,670 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,928 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,682 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,969 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,434 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,969 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,495 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,443 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,168 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,508 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,263 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,576 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,859 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,192 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,564 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,835 | under 0.01 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,225 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,289 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,082 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,830 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,676 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,723 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,577 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,214 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 9 | #3,041 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,463 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mariel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,603 Americans recorded as Mariel, 98% are girls and 2% boys. In 2025 it went to 298 girls and 5 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Mariel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mariel, and how old are they?
7,120 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 7,603 Americans ever recorded as Mariel. The median Mariel alive today is 29 years old; half are between 14 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 9,033 people named Mariel (8,771 women and girls, 262 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,246 born in the U.S. The Census count is 45% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 68 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 112 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 449 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,830 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,950 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,710 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mariel born?
The states with the most babies named Mariel are Texas, California and Arizona, with 71% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 101 | #343 | 1.7× |
| California | 52 | #612 | 1.3× |
| Arizona | 24 | #301 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 8 | #1,639 | 0.4× |
| Colorado | 8 | #681 | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,195 | 0.8× |
| New York | 6 | #1,979 | 1.5× |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,119 | 1.3× |
| Alabama | 6 | #784 | 0.1× |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #957 | 0.8× |
Where Mariel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mariel is most over-represented in Texas: since 1914 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mariel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 8,368 babies since 1880, Mariel is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 303 of their 323 babies (94%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mariel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mariel and names like it
- Compare Mariel and MaralBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMariel peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mariel since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Mariel.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Mariel alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.