Mariposa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-ri-POH-sa
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Mariposa is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “butterfly”. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Mariposa mean?
Spanish: Spanish word mariposa
“butterfly”
Is Mariposa a girl's or a boy's name?
Mariposa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mariposa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Mariposa, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Mariposa in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mariposa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
Names like Mariposa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena, Solana, Montserrat, Xiomara, Azucena, Alora, Amora, Luciana, Analucia, Dulce, Ariana, Avianna
Names related to Mariposa
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra
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, “Mariposa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mariposa, updated 20 October 2026.