Marisol — #739 US girls' name
34,610 babies named Marisol in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Marisol was born in this single decade.
1,190 babies were named Marisol in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marisol
The Social Security Administration has registered 34,610 babies named Marisol between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marisol currently holds the #739 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 1,190 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marisol performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7,853 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Marisol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10,396 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marisol in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marisol 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 34,610 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.
Marisol at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Marisol popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1953
- Peak year (1996)
- 1,190
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
Currently ranks #739 among girls.
34,610 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 1,190 births in a single year.
Marisol popularity over time — boys
315 total births recorded since 1966 (Marisol as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marisol accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marisol by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7,853 births that decade — 23% of Marisol's all-time total
Marisol decade highlights
- Peak decade 7,853 births
- Runner-up 7,566 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marisol's strongest decade
7,853 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Marisol by state
Where Marisol concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10,396 | 30.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6,078 | 17.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,959 | 11.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,256 | 6.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 1,378 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,287 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 1,072 | 3.1% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 565 | 1.6% |
10,396 of 34,610 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.0% of nationwide
- Texas 17.6% of nationwide
- New York 11.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Marisol appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.