Mariela Girl
How popular is Mariela?
#1,229 girl name in 2025
183 baby girls were named Mariela in the US in 2025, making it the 1229th most popular girl name.
Mariela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,229 for girls (▲ 88 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 183 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,554 in 2015, #1,524 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (524 girls) |
| Highest rank | #470 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1958 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mariela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mariella family of names ranked #586 for girls in 2025 (#613 the year before), with 481 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mariella | 274 | 57% |
| Mariela | 183 | 38% |
| Maryella | 24 | 5% |
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 Mariela is most popular
Babies named Mariela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (173 girls)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (137 girls)
- Nebraska: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Mariela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1960s | 94 | #3,263 |
| 1970s | 470 | #1,380 |
| 1980s | 1,218 | #1,016 |
| 1990s | 3,558 | #470 |
| 2000s | 3,689 | #585 |
| 2010s | 1,657 | #1,070 |
| 2020s | 968 | #1,229 |
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Questions
- Is Mariela a boy or girl name?
- Mariela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mariela were girls.
- How popular is the name Mariela?
- 183 baby girls were named Mariela in the US in 2025, making it the 1229th most popular girl name.
- When was Mariela most popular?
- Mariela peaked in 1992, when 524 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #470 in 1992.
- How many people are named Mariela?
- 11,668 babies have been named Mariela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,498 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Mariela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mariela was most common in Texas, at 0.2 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.