Maricela Girl
How popular is Maricela?
#2,691 girl name in 2025
64 baby girls were named Maricela in the US in 2025, making it the 2691st most popular girl name.
Maricela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,691 for girls (▲ 356 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 64 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+12% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,001 in 2015, #3,221 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1977 (437 girls) |
| Highest rank | #453 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1944 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maricela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maricela family of names ranked #1,742 for girls in 2025 (#2,054 the year before), with 84 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maricela | 64 | 76% |
| Maricella | 20 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Maricela is most popular
Babies named Maricela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (73 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
Maricela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 101 | #1,563 |
| 1950s | 452 | #1,370 |
| 1960s | 1,252 | #748 |
| 1970s | 3,083 | #453 |
| 1980s | 2,908 | #566 |
| 1990s | 2,680 | #580 |
| 2000s | 1,543 | #1,140 |
| 2010s | 737 | #2,047 |
| 2020s | 321 | #2,691 |
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Questions
- Is Maricela a boy or girl name?
- Maricela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maricela were girls.
- How popular is the name Maricela?
- 64 baby girls were named Maricela in the US in 2025, making it the 2691st most popular girl name.
- When was Maricela most popular?
- Maricela peaked in 1977, when 437 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #453 in 1977.
- How many people are named Maricela?
- 13,133 babies have been named Maricela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,591 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Maricela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maricela was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.