Recorded 1958–2025 · United States
Mariela was most popular in 1992, when 532 American babies were given the name — ranking #887 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,341, with 183 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 11,668 people named Mariela.
Mariela first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1958, which makes it about 67 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 66 of the 68 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 11,668 American births named Mariela between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 11,489 are estimated to be alive today.
183 American babies were named Mariela in 2025, ranking #2,341 that year.
Mariela is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 166 births a year, against 178 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -7% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Mariela is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 11,668 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 11,489 Americans named Mariela are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 25 years old, and half are between 17 and 33.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org