Marifer
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-ree-FEHR
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Marifer is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Marifer mean?
Spanish: contraction of María Fernanda
Began in Mexico as the usual pet form of the double name María Fernanda.
Is Marifer a girl's or a boy's name?
Marifer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marifer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Marifer, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Marifer in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marifer in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
Nicknames for Marifer
- Mari 32 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Marifer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena Solana Amaya Alaia Montserrat Cielo Juniper Aaliyah Zariah Kaliyah Malaya Jimena
Names related to Marifer
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra 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, “Marifer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marifer, updated 20 October 2026.