Mariposa — #4802 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mariposa

The Social Security Administration has registered 380 babies named Mariposa between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariposa currently holds the #4802 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariposa performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mariposa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Mariposa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mariposa 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 380 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.