Marianela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-ree-ah-NEH-lah
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Marianela is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Marianela mean?
Spanish: Spanish name, a pet form built on María
Marianela is the title heroine of an 1878 novel by the Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós.
Is Marianela a girl's or a boy's name?
Marianela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marianela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Marianela, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1967, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Marianela in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marianela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
Nicknames for Marianela
Names like Marianela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esmeralda, Ariana, Xiomara, Sierra, Dulce, Ximena, Melissa, Mara, Solana, Serena, Azucena, Montana
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Paloma, Amaia
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marianela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marianela, updated 20 October 2026.