Marizela — girls' name
50 babies named Marizela in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
50 girls have been named Marizela since 1967, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2001.
- 50
- total births
- 1967–2001
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Marizela was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Marizela in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marizela
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Marizela between 1967 and 2001, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marizela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marizela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marizela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marizela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marizela 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 50 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.
Marizela at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marizela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1967
- Peak year (1994)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
50 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 8 births in a single year.
Marizela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 19 births that decade — 38% of Marizela's all-time total
Marizela decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marizela's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Marizela by state
Where Marizela concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 12.0% |
6 of 50 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 12.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1967–2001 (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.