Mariela — #1322 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mariela

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,475 babies named Mariela between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariela currently holds the #1322 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 524 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,689 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Mariela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,654 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mariela in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mariela 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 11,475 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.