How Many People Are Named Maricela?
people named Maricela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,275 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,133 babies named Maricela in Social Security records from 1944 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
437 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Contraction of MARÍA and CELIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Maricela (99.6%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maricela alive today is about 38 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maricela first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 1977, to 437 babies. In 2025, 64 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maricela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #453, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #2,712.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,712 |
| Best rank | #453 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #563 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maricela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maricela were born in California than in any other state: about 5,164 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maricela was given 4.2 times as often in Texas, 3.8 times in California and 3 times in Arizona.
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