Mariela
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,229 for girls
Mariela is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,229th for girls in the US (183 babies).
What does Mariela mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Mariela a girl's or a boy's name?
Mariela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 183 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mariela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Mariela, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 girls.
In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were given Mariela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Mariella 30
- Mariela 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mariela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Mariela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,229th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 183 about 1 in 8,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 183 girls in the US were named Mariela, making it the 1,229th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,524th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 524 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had more girls named Mariela than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Mariela in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 457 girls in the US were given Mariela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #638, up from #1,229 for this spelling alone.
- Mariella 274
- Mariela 183
Mariela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | #1,229 |
| 2024 | 174 | #1,317 |
| 2023 | 165 | #1,361 |
| 2022 | 177 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,612 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,524 |
| 2019 | 130 | #1,629 |
| 2018 | 146 | #1,497 |
| 2017 | 121 | #1,744 |
| 2016 | 136 | #1,614 |
| 2015 | 141 | #1,554 |
| 2014 | 171 | #1,362 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,351 |
| 2012 | 213 | #1,153 |
| 2011 | 195 | #1,229 |
| 2010 | 232 | #1,070 |
| 2009 | 272 | #979 |
| 2008 | 295 | #927 |
| 2007 | 370 | #779 |
| 2006 | 342 | #797 |
| 2005 | 416 | #667 |
| 2004 | 481 | #585 |
| 2003 | 435 | #617 |
| 2002 | 371 | #678 |
| 2001 | 398 | #632 |
| 2000 | 309 | #745 |
| 1999 | 370 | #637 |
| 1998 | 435 | #564 |
| 1997 | 463 | #516 |
| 1996 | 294 | #717 |
| 1995 | 289 | #714 |
| 1994 | 330 | #652 |
| 1993 | 354 | #633 |
| 1992 | 524 | #470 |
| 1991 | 260 | #786 |
| 1990 | 239 | #819 |
| 1989 | 162 | #1,048 |
| 1988 | 157 | #1,027 |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,016 |
| 1986 | 144 | #1,047 |
| 1985 | 95 | #1,364 |
| 1984 | 103 | #1,245 |
| 1983 | 101 | #1,247 |
| 1982 | 92 | #1,345 |
| 1981 | 102 | #1,261 |
| 1980 | 110 | #1,197 |
| 1979 | 88 | #1,394 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,614 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,380 |
| 1976 | 69 | #1,499 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
Names like Mariela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Aria, Sienna, Sophia, Amara, Alora, Fatima, Eliana, Mia, Athena, Lucia, Syeda
Other spellings of Mariela
Names related to Mariela
Marlie, Marla, Marliya, Marli, Marliyah, Marlia, Mirella, Mariel, Marielle, Marlei, Marely
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Mariela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mariela, updated 20 October 2026.