Girl · #1229 in 2025

Mariela

Mariela: popularity and trends since 1880

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 girls born

Mariela per 100,000 girls born, by year. Peak: 1992. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Mariela has been rising: its share of girls born has grown over the last 10 years. It now stands at 41% of its 1992 peak.

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.