Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Maricela

#1,383 most common girls' name of all time · #2,397 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1944–2025

Rank among girls
#1,383
Rank overall
#2,397 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
13,133
Since 2016
570
Peak year
1977 #453
Best rank
#453 1977
Girls Boys peak 437/yr
1960198020002020

Maricela first appears in 1944. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 64 64 #2,697
2024 53 53 #3,056
2023 61 61 #2,802
2022 48 48 #3,330
2021 47 47 #3,350
2020 48 48 #3,244
2019 48 48 #3,295
2018 66 66 #2,617
2017 60 60 #2,820
2016 75 75 #2,452
2015 57 57 #3,006
2014 75 75 #2,422
2013 77 77 #2,368
2012 94 94 #2,055
2011 90 90 #2,129
2010 95 95 #2,082
2009 132 132 #1,689
2008 125 125 #1,766
2007 157 157 #1,483
2006 173 173 #1,344
2005 142 142 #1,483
2004 160 160 #1,332
2003 146 146 #1,378
2002 160 160 #1,244
2001 170 170 #1,202
2000 178 178 #1,146
1999 222 222 #944
1998 228 228 #920
1997 210 210 #948
1996 249 249 #818
1995 218 218 #876
1994 262 262 #780
1993 246 246 #816
1992 318 318 #682
1991 328 328 #663
1990 399 5 404 #582
1989 331 331 #634
1988 325 8 333 #615
1987 313 313 #618
1986 332 9 341 #582
1985 323 323 #595
1984 220 5 225 #743
1983 207 6 213 #773
1982 251 5 256 #702
1981 278 278 #639
1980 328 6 334 #566
1979 360 7 367 #529
1978 425 5 430 #462
1977 437 437 #453
1976 405 405 #469
1975 291 291 #571
1974 291 291 #561
1973 265 265 #595
1972 232 232 #656
1971 211 211 #720
1970 166 166 #828
1969 183 183 #750
1968 139 139 #872
1967 159 159 #789
1966 122 122 #915
1965 137 137 #857
1964 118 118 #979
1963 126 126 #943
1962 94 94 #1,125
1961 84 84 #1,209
1960 90 90 #1,153
1959 55 55 #1,463
1958 58 58 #1,407
1957 49 49 #1,549
1956 51 51 #1,502
1955 53 53 #1,381
1954 44 44 #1,535
1953 48 48 #1,422
1952 32 32 #1,779
1951 34 34 #1,663
1950 28 28 #1,834
1949 35 35 #1,602
1948 15 15 #2,696
1947 16 16 #2,630
1946 13 13 #2,872
1945 12 12 #2,739
1944 10 10 #3,138