Marimar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-ree-MAR
- Origin
- Spanish
Marimar is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “Mary of the sea”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Marimar mean?
Spanish: blend of Maria and mar 'sea', as in Maria del Mar
“Mary of the sea”
A Spanish compound of Maria and mar, 'sea', as in Maria del Mar; popularised by the 1994 Mexican telenovela Marimar.
Is Marimar a girl's or a boy's name?
Marimar is a girls' name.
How popular is Marimar in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 101 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Marimar in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marimar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,934 |
| 1994 | 101 | #1,531 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
Names like Marimar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Marimar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marimar, updated 20 October 2026.