How Many People Are Named Marisela?

9,916

people named Marisela are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 34,468 people in the US has this name

Based on 10,338 babies named Marisela in Social Security records from 1945 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,468

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,358

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Peak Year

1985

418 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Elaborated form of MARISA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.7%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Marisela (99.7%) were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Marisela alive today is about 37 years old, and 66% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 47 in 2025.

Under 30 2,779
28%
30 to 59 6,548
66%
60 and over 588
5.9%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Marisela first appears in the records in 1945 and was given most often in 1985, to 418 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1945 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Marisela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #495, in 1985. In 2025 it ranked #5,054.

Girls
Rank in 2025#5,054
Best rank#495 (1985)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#690 in the 1980s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Marisela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Marisela were born in California than in any other state: about 3,849 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marisela was given 3.9 times as often in Texas, 3.6 times in California and 3.5 times in Arizona.

California 3,849
Texas 2,655
Illinois 459
Arizona 433
Florida 194
New Mexico 132
New York 127
Washington 68
Colorado 49
Oregon 33
New Jersey 26
Kansas 17
North Carolina 15
Georgia 12
Oklahoma 12
Michigan 11
Wisconsin 7
Nevada 6
Connecticut 6
Utah 5
Virginia 5
Ohio 5

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