Girls' name · since 1975
Mariposa
Mariposa has 416 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,004 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 416
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
416 babies have been named Mariposa since 1975, making it today's #4004 girls' name.
Mariposa has 416 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4004 as of the latest data, more common than 77% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #13,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,004 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 416 born since 1975
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mariposa ranks #13,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,004 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 416 born since 1975, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,004 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 416
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mariposa's 416 recorded births place it above 81.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Mariposa compares
416 Top 48% higher than 52% 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
Mariposa's all-time total is 11% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mariposa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 416 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mariposa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mariposa's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mariposa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Mariposa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (173 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Mariposa's strongest decade.
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Mariposa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s
2020s
173 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 173 births (42% of all-time use).
Mariposa by state
Where Mariposa concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 33 | 7.9% |
| #2 | California | | 21 | 5.0% |
33 of 416 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Mariposas (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mariposa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1975–2025 (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 Mariposa 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.