Girls' name · since 1920
Marielle
4,530 babies named Marielle in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,742 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,692 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,530
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marielle is the #1692 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,530 recorded since 1920.
Marielle has 4,530 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1692 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #2,742 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,692 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,530 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marielle ranks #2,742 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,692 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,530 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,742 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,692 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,530
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marielle's 4,530 recorded births place it above 96.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marielle compares
4,530 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Marielle's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marielle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,530 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 158 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marielle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marielle's full recorded timeline at 1990, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 158 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marielle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 158
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Marielle by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,092 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Marielle's strongest decade.
1,092 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Marielle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 21
1920s
21 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
- 1960s 137
1960s
137 births
- 1970s 114
1970s
114 births
- 1980s
1980s
568 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,051 births
- 2000s
2000s
910 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,092 births
- 2020s
2020s
609 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,092 births (24% of all-time use).
How Marielle 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 Marielle's total volume
Marielle by state
Where Marielle concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 618 | 13.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 545 | 12.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 210 | 4.6% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 168 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 160 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 118 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 113 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 103 | 2.3% |
618 of 4,530 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Marielle appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marielle's data
- Marielle's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,092 total births) through the 2020s (609) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Marielles (618 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 Marielle
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Marielle
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marielle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Marielle 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.