How Many People Are Named Mariel?
people named Mariel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,916 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,603 babies named Mariel in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
303 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MARY influenced by MURIEL. In the case of actress Mariel Hemingway (1961-), the name is from the Cuban town of Mariel.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mariel in English. Counting Mariel and these spellings together, about 7,401 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Mariel, 98.4% were girls and 1.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mariel alive today is about 26 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mariel first appears in the records in 1914, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 303 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mariel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #770, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #893.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #893 |
| Best rank | #770 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,020 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mariel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mariel were born in California than in any other state: about 1,269 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mariel was given 2.6 times as often in Texas, 2.4 times in New York and 2.2 times in New Jersey.
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