Marisela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-ih-SEL-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Marisela is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
Where does Marisela come from?
Modern: Spanish blend, perhaps from Maria and Marcela
Is Marisela a girl's or a boy's name?
Marisela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marisela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Marisela, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 410 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Marisela than any year since 1953.
Half of all the girls named Marisela in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marisela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,972 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,890 |
| 2007 | 109 | #1,894 |
| 2006 | 125 | #1,682 |
| 2005 | 130 | #1,565 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 136 | #1,445 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,350 |
| 2001 | 151 | #1,286 |
| 2000 | 182 | #1,118 |
| 1999 | 171 | #1,141 |
| 1998 | 175 | #1,098 |
| 1997 | 196 | #992 |
| 1996 | 218 | #900 |
| 1995 | 199 | #943 |
| 1994 | 236 | #843 |
| 1993 | 247 | #809 |
| 1992 | 313 | #690 |
| 1991 | 315 | #679 |
| 1990 | 365 | #616 |
| 1989 | 369 | #590 |
| 1988 | 310 | #638 |
| 1987 | 311 | #621 |
| 1986 | 336 | #577 |
| 1985 | 410 | #494 |
| 1984 | 174 | #874 |
| 1983 | 152 | #959 |
| 1982 | 144 | #1,019 |
| 1981 | 191 | #825 |
| 1980 | 236 | #712 |
| 1979 | 256 | #673 |
| 1978 | 221 | #714 |
| 1977 | 278 | #608 |
| 1976 | 285 | #574 |
| 1975 | 195 | #740 |
| 1974 | 208 | #705 |
| 1973 | 185 | #749 |
| 1972 | 149 | #863 |
| 1971 | 162 | #847 |
| 1970 | 149 | #889 |
| 1969 | 118 | #994 |
| 1968 | 101 | #1,031 |
| 1967 | 87 | #1,133 |
| 1966 | 90 | #1,113 |
| 1965 | 83 | #1,177 |
| 1964 | 67 | #1,372 |
| 1963 | 61 | #1,429 |
| 1962 | 67 | #1,350 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,480 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,764 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,656 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,948 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,860 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
Nicknames for Marisela
- Mari 32 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Marisela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esmeralda Ariana Victoria Xiomara Angelique Mara Maria Melissa Angelica Angela Juliana Azucena
Names related to Marisela
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Marisela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marisela, updated 20 October 2026.