Girls' name · since 1929

Maryel

46 babies named Maryel in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#35,993 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,125 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
46
born since 1929
2010s
peak decade

46 babies have been named Maryel since 1929, making it today's #15125 girls' name.

Maryel has 46 recorded births among girls since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15125 as of the latest data, more common than 13% 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 1929 to 2025.

  • #35,993 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,125 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 46 born since 1929
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryel ranks #35,993 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,125 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 46 born since 1929, peaking in the 2010s.

#35,993 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,125 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
46
born since 1929
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%12.5%
Maryel vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Maryel's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Maryel compares

46 15th percentile among 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

Maryel's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Maryel Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 46 376 567,345
Peak-year births 6 21 19,840

Maryel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Maryel's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Maryel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
6
Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
4.555.566.5 192919922006201320152016201920242025 5

Maryel by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 43% of the file).

2010s was Maryel's strongest decade.

20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Maryel births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maryel?
Maryel has been given to 46 babies in the U.S. since 1929, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #35,993 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #15,125 of 17,297. 6 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Maryel sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryel ranks #35,993 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,125 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Maryel most popular?
Maryel was most popular in the 2010s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Maryel been used?
Records for Maryel go back to 1929, giving 97 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Maryel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mary, Margaret, Maria, Martha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Maryel's data

  • Maryel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (20 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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 Maryel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1929–2025 (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 Maryel 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.