Maribel Girl
How popular is Maribel?
#1,652 girl name in 2025
125 baby girls were named Maribel in the US in 2025, making it the 1652nd most popular girl name.
Maribel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,652 for girls (▲ 56 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 125 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,411 in 2015, #1,623 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1980 (769 girls) |
| Highest rank | #315 in 1980 |
| First recorded | 1906 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maribel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maribel family of names ranked #1,164 for girls in 2025 (#1,156 the year before), with 160 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Maribel is most popular
Babies named Maribel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (171 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (118 girls)
- Nevada: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Maribel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,951 |
| 1910s | 89 | #1,652 |
| 1920s | 157 | #1,672 |
| 1930s | 79 | #2,385 |
| 1940s | 54 | #2,736 |
| 1950s | 215 | #1,272 |
| 1960s | 2,437 | #468 |
| 1970s | 5,343 | #380 |
| 1980s | 5,544 | #315 |
| 1990s | 5,197 | #394 |
| 2000s | 3,378 | #598 |
| 2010s | 1,590 | #1,138 |
| 2020s | 777 | #1,373 |
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Questions
- Is Maribel a boy or girl name?
- Maribel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maribel were girls.
- How popular is the name Maribel?
- 125 baby girls were named Maribel in the US in 2025, making it the 1652nd most popular girl name.
- When was Maribel most popular?
- Maribel peaked in 1980, when 769 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #315 in 1980.
- How many people are named Maribel?
- 25,055 babies have been named Maribel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,880 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Maribel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maribel was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.