Maricela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-ee-SEL-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,691 for girls
Maricela is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,691st for girls in the US (64 babies).
Where does Maricela come from?
Modern: Spanish blend, perhaps Maria + Celia, or a variant of Marcela
Is Maricela a girl's or a boy's name?
Maricela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maricela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,691st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were named Maricela, making it the 2,691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 437 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
2025 had more girls named Maricela than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Maricela in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were given Maricela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,914, up from #2,691 for this spelling alone.
- Maricela 64
- Maricella 20
Maricela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,047 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,312 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,816 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,446 |
| 2015 | 57 | #3,001 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,412 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,047 |
| 2011 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2010 | 95 | #2,077 |
| 2009 | 132 | #1,687 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,762 |
| 2007 | 157 | #1,480 |
| 2006 | 173 | #1,342 |
| 2005 | 142 | #1,479 |
| 2004 | 160 | #1,328 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,374 |
| 2002 | 160 | #1,242 |
| 2001 | 170 | #1,199 |
| 2000 | 178 | #1,140 |
| 1999 | 222 | #941 |
| 1998 | 228 | #918 |
| 1997 | 210 | #945 |
| 1996 | 249 | #816 |
| 1995 | 218 | #873 |
| 1994 | 262 | #774 |
| 1993 | 246 | #811 |
| 1992 | 318 | #682 |
| 1991 | 328 | #663 |
| 1990 | 399 | #580 |
| 1989 | 331 | #632 |
| 1988 | 325 | #614 |
| 1987 | 313 | #616 |
| 1986 | 332 | #582 |
| 1985 | 323 | #595 |
| 1984 | 220 | #741 |
| 1983 | 207 | #770 |
| 1982 | 251 | #698 |
| 1981 | 278 | #638 |
| 1980 | 328 | #566 |
| 1979 | 360 | #529 |
| 1978 | 425 | #462 |
| 1977 | 437 | #453 |
| 1976 | 405 | #468 |
| 1975 | 291 | #569 |
| 1974 | 291 | #561 |
| 1973 | 265 | #592 |
| 1972 | 232 | #655 |
| 1971 | 211 | #718 |
| 1970 | 166 | #827 |
| 1969 | 183 | #748 |
| 1968 | 139 | #868 |
| 1967 | 159 | #788 |
| 1966 | 122 | #913 |
| 1965 | 137 | #856 |
| 1964 | 118 | #977 |
| 1963 | 126 | #940 |
| 1962 | 94 | #1,121 |
| 1961 | 84 | #1,203 |
| 1960 | 90 | #1,146 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,449 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,394 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,530 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,370 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,517 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,409 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,745 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,793 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,563 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
Nicknames for Maricela
- Mari 32 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maricela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esmeralda, Melissa, Mara, Angelica, Adriana, Miranda, Victoria, Ariana, Vanessa, Alexandra, Alana, Juliana
Other spellings of Maricela
Names related to Maricela
Miracle, Marcella, Marcela, Marcelle, Markella, Marchelle, Maricel
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Maricela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maricela, updated 20 October 2026.