Mariel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAIR-ee-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #893 for girls
Mariel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 893rd for girls in the US (298 babies).
What does Mariel mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Maria, used in Dutch, German and Spanish
A diminutive of Maria, the Latin form of Mary, used in Dutch, German and Spanish.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mariel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mariel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 298 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Mariel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Mariel, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mariel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Mariel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 893rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 298 about 1 in 5,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 167% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 298 girls in the US were named Mariel, making it the 893rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,965th. It first appears in the records in 1914. 5 boys were also named Mariel in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Mariel of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Mariel in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 305 girls in the US were given Mariel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #833, up from #893 for this spelling alone.
- Mariel 298
- Mariell 7
Mariel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | #893 |
| 2024 | 242 | #1,039 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,255 |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,048 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,286 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,965 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,285 |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,703 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,828 |
| 2015 | 112 | #1,839 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,032 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,216 |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,860 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,822 |
| 2008 | 121 | #1,800 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,752 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,691 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,680 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,653 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,431 |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,599 |
| 2000 | 161 | #1,229 |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,356 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,310 |
| 1997 | 159 | #1,161 |
| 1996 | 174 | #1,062 |
| 1995 | 157 | #1,123 |
| 1994 | 197 | #940 |
| 1993 | 202 | #933 |
| 1992 | 268 | #769 |
| 1991 | 252 | #809 |
| 1990 | 196 | #955 |
| 1989 | 173 | #992 |
| 1988 | 242 | #775 |
| 1987 | 196 | #866 |
| 1986 | 163 | #967 |
| 1985 | 156 | #981 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,157 |
| 1983 | 111 | #1,179 |
| 1982 | 122 | #1,152 |
| 1981 | 123 | #1,122 |
| 1980 | 147 | #995 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,301 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,557 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,418 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,827 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,488 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
Names like Mariel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia, Abigail, Molly, Jessica, Francesca, Delilah, Aria, Eliana, Athena, Maryam, Fatima, Talia
Names related to Mariel
Marley, Marlie, Marla, Marlo, Miral, Mariella, Marlee, Marli, Mariela, Marielle
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Mariel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mariel, updated 20 October 2026.