Maricella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-ee-SEL-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Maricella is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Maricella come from?
Modern: spelling of Maricela; Spanish blend, perhaps Maria + Celia, or a variant of Marcela
Meaning borrowed from Maricela.
Is Maricella a girl's or a boy's name?
Maricella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maricella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Maricella, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
2025 had more girls named Maricella than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Maricella in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were given Maricella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,914, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
- Maricela 64
- Maricella 20
Maricella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,426 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,411 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,296 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Nicknames for Maricella
- Mari 32 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maricella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Esmeralda, Xiomara, Viviana, Miranda, Luciana, Adriana, Liliana, Alessandra, Victoria, Juliana, Angelica
Other spellings of Maricella
Names related to Maricella
Marcella, Marcela, Marcelle, Markella, Marchelle, Marcayla, 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, “Maricella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maricella, updated 20 October 2026.